Background: In the context of limited resources, evidence on costs and cost-effectiveness of
alternative methods of delivering health-care services is increasingly important to facilitate …

Background As the demand for palliative care increases, more information is needed on
how efficient different types of palliative care models are for providing care to dying patients …

Background: Palliative care improves care and reduces costs for hospitalized patients with
life-limiting illnesses. There have been no multicenter randomized trials examining impact …

Purpose In the past decade studies have documented substantial suffering among children
dying of cancer, prompting national attention on the quality of end-of-life care and the …

Nearly half of Americans who die in hospitals spend time in the intensive care unit (ICU) in
the last 3 days of life. Minority patients who die in the ICU are less likely to formalize …

Importance Inpatient palliative care improves symptom management and patient satisfaction
with care and reduces hospital costs in seriously ill patients. However, the role of palliative …

Although palliative care is rarely profitable by itself, palliative care in hospitals is associated
with significant reductions in per diem costs and total costs, and can generate substantial …

Background: Large gaps in the delivery of palliative care services exist in the outpatient
setting, where there is a failure to address goals of care and to plan for and treat predictable …

Background: While there has been a rapid increase of inpatient palliative care (PC)
programs, the financial and clinical benefits have not been well established. Objective …

Background: Inpatient palliative consultation are generally provided to seriously ill
hospitalized patients with the intent to alleviate pain and suffering and develop a plan of …