Does modality matter? Palliative care unit associated with more cost-avoidance than consultations

P May, MM Garrido, E Del Fabbro, D Noreika… - Journal of pain and …, 2018 - Elsevier
… : palliative care consultation (PCC) and palliative care unit (PCU). The PCC model typically
comprises a multidisciplinary team of specialists, who become involved in the careinpatients

Family members' participation in palliative inpatient care: An integrative review

J Saarinen, K Mishina… - … journal of caring …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
… participate in hospital inpatient palliative care and how their … palliative care units (units
where the main task is to treat patients with palliative care needs) [28-32], oncology units

Effects of initiating palliative care consultation in the emergency department on inpatient length of stay

FM Wu, JM Newman, A Lasher… - Journal of Palliative …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
… The PC team also has an inpatient service at the Davies campus whose patients are housed
on swing beds in an acute care unit with specially trained registered nurses. Other details …

Inpatient palliative care consultations from a Canadian clinical teaching unit: who is referred and when?

AR Maddison, S Malik… - … of Palliative Care, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
… This study includes all patients admitted to CTU at LHSC who were referred to inpatient
palliative care in a 1-year period between August 1, 2013, and July 30, 2014. A palliative care

Home versus hospice inpatient care: discharge characteristics of palliative care patients in an acute care hospital

RL Fainsinger, D Demoissac, J Cole… - … of Palliative Care, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
… palliative care patients at our institution who did not require specialist palliative care in a
tertiary palliative care unit or acute care. These patients were discharged home or to inpatient

Delirium prevalence, incidence, and implications for screening in specialist palliative care inpatient settings: a systematic review

A Hosie, PM Davidson, M Agar… - Palliative …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
… Of 104 advanced cancer admissions to an acute palliative care unit, delirium was present
at admission in 42.3% of patients. A later study, consecutively measured delirium frequency in …

Frequency of symptom distress and poor prognostic indicators in palliative cancer patients admitted to a tertiary palliative care unit, hospices, and acute care hospitals

E Bruera, C Neumann, C Brenneis… - … of palliative care, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
palliative care requires the availability of inpatient services in acute care hospitals, tertiary
palliative care units, hospices, and community based care (2-4). While many of these services …

Impact of palliative care consult service in inpatient hospital setting: a systematic literature review

E Janberidze, K Poláková, LB Motlová… - … & Palliative Care, 2021 - spcare.bmj.com
… . A survey of bereaved family members to assess quality of care on a palliative care unit.
J Palliat Med 2015;18:358–65.doi:10.1089/jpm.2014.0172 pmid:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/…

Drugs in palliative care: results from a representative survey in Germany

, … Documentation for Palliative Care Units in … - Palliative …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
… consecutively in the 57 units for a period of up to three months. This study investigates the
frequency of drugs used in palliative care units in Germany. During inpatient treatment, the …

“More life and more days”—patient and care characteristics in a specialized acute pediatric palliative care inpatient unit

S Stoesslein, JD Gramm, HU Bender, P Müller… - European journal of …, 2023 - Springer
inpatient units dedicated to pediatric palliative care (PPC) patients exist today. Clinical data
on the patients and care provided at specialized acute PPC inpatient units (… patient and care