Add to ORKGObjective: To determine whether hospice enrollment at the time of a terminal admission alters the length of stay (LOS) or costs compared with patients not enrolled in hospice. Methods: Retrospective chart review of all nontraumatic inpatient deaths of patients with a previous admission in the preceding 12 months at an academic hospital. Results: 209 patients had a nontraumatic death and an admission in the year prior to the terminal admission. Patients enrolled in hospice had a shorter LOS (P .02) and lower cost (P <.0001) than patients not enrolled at the time of their terminal admission. Conclusions: Enrollment in hospice during a terminal admission decreased cost and LOS. Hospice may be a way to provide more cost-effective, appropriat...
The design of the Hospice Benefit in 1982 reflected the reality of cancer treatment at that time; tr...
OBJECTIVES: Prior studies associate hospice use with reduced hospitalization and spending at the end...
Purpose: Information about inpatient hospice activity is limited. No data exist about the pattern an...
Objective: To determine whether hospice enrollment at the time of a terminal admission alters the le...
Hospice programs, a philosophy of care to terminally ill patients, have proliferated in many forms i...
The Pilot Project on Per-diem Payment for Inpatient Hospice Services of Taiwan's National Health Ins...
BackgroundThe Pilot Project on Per-diem Payment for Inpatient Hospice Services of Taiwan's National ...
BACKGROUND:Hospice care has a positive effect on medical costs. The correlation between survival tim...
This study examined the factors that influence length of stay at a local non-profit hospice organiza...
One-quarter of annual Medicare expenses in the traditional program (non-Medicare Advantage) are expe...
Hospices have been expected to reduce health expenditures since their addition to the US Medicare be...
ImportanceMore patients with cancer use hospice currently than ever before, but there are indication...
BACKGROUND: We examined deaths of Medicare beneficiaries in Massachusetts and California to evaluate...
Objectives: In the USA, there is little systematic evidence about the real-world trajectories of pat...
BACKGROUND: Previous studies found that hospice and palliative care reduces healthcare costs for end...
The design of the Hospice Benefit in 1982 reflected the reality of cancer treatment at that time; tr...
OBJECTIVES: Prior studies associate hospice use with reduced hospitalization and spending at the end...
Purpose: Information about inpatient hospice activity is limited. No data exist about the pattern an...
Objective: To determine whether hospice enrollment at the time of a terminal admission alters the le...
Hospice programs, a philosophy of care to terminally ill patients, have proliferated in many forms i...
The Pilot Project on Per-diem Payment for Inpatient Hospice Services of Taiwan's National Health Ins...
BackgroundThe Pilot Project on Per-diem Payment for Inpatient Hospice Services of Taiwan's National ...
BACKGROUND:Hospice care has a positive effect on medical costs. The correlation between survival tim...
This study examined the factors that influence length of stay at a local non-profit hospice organiza...
One-quarter of annual Medicare expenses in the traditional program (non-Medicare Advantage) are expe...
Hospices have been expected to reduce health expenditures since their addition to the US Medicare be...
ImportanceMore patients with cancer use hospice currently than ever before, but there are indication...
BACKGROUND: We examined deaths of Medicare beneficiaries in Massachusetts and California to evaluate...
Objectives: In the USA, there is little systematic evidence about the real-world trajectories of pat...
BACKGROUND: Previous studies found that hospice and palliative care reduces healthcare costs for end...
The design of the Hospice Benefit in 1982 reflected the reality of cancer treatment at that time; tr...
OBJECTIVES: Prior studies associate hospice use with reduced hospitalization and spending at the end...
Purpose: Information about inpatient hospice activity is limited. No data exist about the pattern an...