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 …

Context There is potential value to home-based palliative care for children with serious
illness delivered via telemedicine (TM HBPC). Evidence to guide optimal design and …

Care for US children living with serious illness and their families at home is a complex and
patchwork system. Improving home-based care for children and families requires a …

In areas where there are absences of pediatric hospice care, adult hospices are often asked
to provide hospice care for children. Little is known about these adult hospices. The purpose …

The importance of 'policy'within palliative care has steadily increased over the past 25 years.
Whilst this has been welcomed within the palliative care field and seen as a route to greater …

Methods: The methods include a qualitative study using semistructured interviews and a
grounded theory analytic framework enrolled caregivers of children aged 1 month to 26 …

Context Hospital-based pediatric palliative care (PPC) may help optimize referrals to
community-based hospice and home-based palliative care (HBPC) for children with serious …

Background: Children and adolescents with serious conditions may benefit from
simultaneous hospice and palliative care. Although the Affordable Care Act covers …

Abstract Purpose Our Home Care Unit (HCU) undertakes close to twenty pediatric palliative
care engagements per year. We investigated the factors underlying such care by …