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Cost Savings from Palliative Care Teams and Guidance for a Financially Viable Palliative Care Program

Health services research, 2015-02, Vol.50 (1), p.217-236 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Cost Savings from Palliative Care Teams and Guidance for a Financially Viable Palliative Care Program
Author: McCarthy, Ian M. ; Robinson, Chessie ; Huq, Sakib ; Philastre, Martha ; Fine, Robert L.
Subjects: Aged ; Company growth ; Cost analysis ; Cost and Efficiency of Care ; Cost control ; Cost Savings ; Economic aspects ; Economic theory ; Female ; Forecasts and trends ; Growth ; Health care costs ; Health care expenditures ; Health care industry ; Health economics ; hospital cost savings ; Hospital Costs ; Hospitalization ; Humans ; Male ; Market trend/market analysis ; Medical care, Cost of ; Middle Aged ; Palliative care ; Palliative Care - economics ; Palliative treatment ; Patient Care Team - economics ; Patient Discharge ; Propensity Score ; Studies ; United States
Is Part Of: Health services research, 2015-02, Vol.50 (1), p.217-236
Description: Objectives To quantify the cost savings of palliative care (PC) and identify differences in savings according to team structure, patient diagnosis, and timing of consult. Data Sources Hospital administrative records on all inpatient stays at five hospital campuses from January 2009 through June 2012. Study Design The analysis matched PC patients to non‐PC patients (separately by discharge status) using propensity score methods. Weighted generalized linear model regressions of hospital costs were estimated for the matched groups. Data Collection Data were restricted to patients at least 18 years old with inpatient stays of between 7 and 30 days. Variables available included patient demographics, primary and secondary diagnoses, hospital costs incurred for the inpatient stay, and when/if the patient had a PC consult. Principal Findings We found overall cost savings from PC of $3,426 per patient for those dying in the hospital. No significant cost savings were found for patients discharged alive; however, significant cost savings for patients discharged alive could be achieved for certain diagnoses, PC team structures, or if consults occurred within 10 days of admission. Conclusions Appropriately selected and timed PC consults with physician and RN involvement can help ensure a financially viable PC program via cost savings to the hospital.
Publisher: United States: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0017-9124
EISSN: 1475-6773
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.12203
PMID: 25040226
CODEN: HESEA5
Source: GFMER Free Medical Journals
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Cost Savings from Palliative Care Teams and Guidance for a Financially Viable Palliative Care Program

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