Abstract Background: Emergency departments (EDs) are seeing more patients with
palliative care (PC) needs, but evidence on best practice is scarce. Objectives: To examine …

Background and Objective: With the increase of visits among patients with end-of-life needs,
palliative care (PC) interventions delivered in the emergency department (ED) have become …

Context There is growing interest in providing palliative care (PC) in the emergency
department (ED), but relatively little is known about the efficacy of ED-based PC …

Background Emergency department (ED) visits among older adults are common near the
end of life. Palliative care has been shown to reduce ED visits and to increase quality of life …

Background Existing evidence suggest the emergence of palliative care (PC) services in the
emergency department (ED). To gain insight into the nature of these services and provide …

Introduction Emergency departments (ED) care for society's most vulnerable older adults
who present with exacerbations of chronic disease at the end of life, yet the clinical …

Background: Patients with cancer and palliative care needs frequently use the emergency
department (ED). ED-based palliative services may extend the reach of palliative care for …

Traditionally, palliative care (PC) systems focused on the needs of advanced cancer
patients, but most patients needing PC have end-stage organ diseases. Similarly, PC …

Background: Emergency department (ED) initiated palliative consultation impacts
downstream care utilization. Various admission consult triggers have been proposed without …

Although end-of-life care is not a primary function of the emergency department (ED), in
reality, many access this department in the later stages of illness. In this study, ED use by …