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Differences in medical costs for end-of-life patients receiving traditional care and those receiving hospice care: A retrospective study

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2020
Background Hospice care has a positive effect on medical costs. The correlation between survival time after receiving hospice care and medical costs has not been previously investigated in the literature on Taiwan.
Ya-Ting Huang   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Recommendations for Palliative and Hospice Care in NCCN Guidelines for Treatment of Cancer.

open access: yesThe Oncologist, 2020
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Integration of specialist palliative care into routine oncologic care improves patients' quality of life and survival. NCCN cancer treatment guidelines are instrumental in standardizing cancer care; yet, it is unclear how ...
L. Mo, D. Urbauer, E. Bruera, D. Hui
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Equity of access to adult hospice inpatient care within north-west England. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
There is a growing debate about the question of equity of access to hospice and palliative care services. Even countries with relatively well developed palliative care systems are considered to have problems of access and inequity of provision.
Clark, D.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

A novel method using the level of mobility to predict mortality in patients admitted for decompensated cirrhosis: A prospective study

open access: yes, 2022
Liver Transplantation, EarlyView.
Andrew J. Groff   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pediatric Concurrent Hospice Care: A Scoping Review and Directions for Future Nursing Research.

open access: yesJournal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing, 2020
In 2010, forgoing curative therapies were removed as a hospice eligibility criterion for children through section 2302 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act called Concurrent Care for Children.
Lisa C. Lindley   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Analysis of the current status of hospice care needs and factors influencing them among family caregivers of patients with advanced cancer [PDF]

open access: yesSHS Web of Conferences, 2023
OBJECTIVE To understand the current status of the needs of patients receiving hospice services and their caregivers and the factors influencing them. METHODS A convenience sampling method was used to survey 120 family members caring for patients with ...
Huang Weihong, Wu Xiaodong, He Jiajie
doaj   +1 more source

A comparative study on decision and documentation of refraining from resuscitation in two medical home care units in Sweden

open access: yesBMC Palliative Care, 2019
Background A decision to refrain from cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the case of cardiac arrest is recommended in terminally ill patients to avoid unnecessary suffering at time of death.
Bogdan Sterpu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers to palliative and hospice care utilization in older adults with cancer: A systematic review.

open access: yesJournal of Geriatric Oncology, 2019
The number of older adults with cancer and the need for palliative care among this population is increasing in the United States. The objective of this systematic review was to synthesize the evidence on the barriers to palliative and hospice care ...
J. Parajuli   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Attitudes of Front-Line Nurses Toward Hospice Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic

open access: yesThe American journal of hospice & palliative care, 2020
Objective: The aim of this study was to understand the attitudes of front-line clinical nurses toward hospice care in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, to provide a source of reference for hospice care education and training in hospitals treating ...
Qinghua Liu   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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