Cost savings associated with US hospital palliative care consultation programs.

By R. Morrison, J. Penrod, J. Cassel, Melissa Caust-Ellenbogen, A. Litke, L. Spragens, D. Meier. Archives of Internal Medicine, 2008

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Subfields: Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Citations in the corpus

• Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update. (2017, result): “Similar savings were observed at eight centers, with 14% direct cost savings in discharges of living patients (2$2,374 in 2014 dollars) and 22% direct cost savings for decedent discharges (2$6,871 in 2014 dollars).(60,61) The Veterans Administration also observed 38% direct cost savings for patients”
• Dying in America: improving quality and honoring individual preferences near the end of life. (2015, background): “In addition, patients receiving hospital-based palliative care have been shown to have longer median hospice stays than patients receiving usual care (Starks et al., 2013; Morrison et al., 2008; Gade et al., 2008).”