Established hospital palliative care consult services (PCCS) have been associated with
reduced costs and length of stay, decreased symptom burden, and increased satisfaction …

Background: In the context of limited resources, evidence on costs and cost-effectiveness of
alternative methods of delivering health-care services is increasingly important to facilitate …

Background Community-based palliative care is associated with reduced hospital costs for
people dying from cancer. It is unknown if reduced hospital costs are universal across …

Hospital length of stay (LoS) may be used to assess end-of-life care aggressiveness and
health care delivery efficiency. We describe the terminal hospitalization LoS of patients with …

The compelling reasons for palliative care continue to be better symptom management,
better advanced care planning and medically appropriate goal setting, and transitions to …

Economic feasibility is a major factor in the viability of established acute inpatient palliative
medicine. Several clinical, administrative, and financial parameters determine the financial …

Background: It is important to understand the costs of palliative and end-of-life care in order
to inform decisions regarding cost allocation. However, economic research in palliative care …

Palliative care (PC) is an important alternative treatment for patients with chronic diseases,
particularly for those in the later stages of disease progression. This is because these …

Background: Over one quarter of the health care expenditures is estimated to be spent for
patients in the last year of life (LYL). For these patients, palliative care (PC) has been …

Background Palliative care (PC) has been shown to improve outcomes for individuals at the
end of life. Despite this, many Canadians do not receive PC prior to death. The present study …