Commentary: Is there a model for demonstrating a beneficial financial impact of initiating a palliative care program by an existing hospice program?

The value of integrating palliative with curative modes of care earlier in the course of disease for people with life threatening illnesses is well recognized. Whereas the now outdated model of waiting for people to be actively dying before initiating palliative care has been clearly discredited on...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Palliative & supportive care 2004-12, Vol.2 (4), p.419-423
Hauptverfasser:	PASSIK, STEVEN D., RUGGLES, CAROL, BROWN, GRETCHEN, SNAPP, JANET, SWINFORD, SUSAN, GUTGSELL, TERRENCE, KIRSH, KENNETH L.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Emergency medical care ESSAY/PERSONAL REFLECTIONS Hospice care Hospitals Intensive care Palliative care
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