Current research assessing the economic outcomes of palliative care is limited, and
policymakers, payers, patients and clinicians need more information to appropriately and …

Palliative care is an interdisciplinary care philosophy addressing patient and family needs
and goals without providing a cure for the underlying disease. Palliative care can be …

More people will need palliative care in aging societies with stretched health budgets and
less ability to provide informal care. The future will bring new and tougher challenges to …

Eight years ago, a series of special articles on the economics of palliative and end-of-life
care identified myriad challenges for the field, including a shortage of primary research …

This report presents findings from four recent, innovative economic studies of palliative care.
Three of the studies were funded by The Atlantic Philanthropies; the fourth was funded by …

Access to palliative care for people with serious illness, ie, those with serious medical
conditions, functional impairment, and high health care utilization, has expanded greatly …

Investing in palliative and end-of-life care services improves our chances of living well
towards the end of life, and in accordance with our wishes. However, the global provision of …

The importance of developing and strengthening the evidence base on palliative care is well
established. Fiscal pressures and rising healthcare costs among seriously ill populations …

An estimated 20 million people require palliative care at the end of life each year, the
majority of which live in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs)(Worldwide Palliative …

Drill down in your own data to look specifically at your managed care, government-payer
(Medicare and Medicaid), and uninsured adult patients who died in your hospital over the …