Effect of a Home-Based Palliative Care Program on Healthcare Use and Costs

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2288-2295

  Brian Cassel, J ^a   Kerr, Kathleen M ^b   McClish, Donna K ^c   Skoro, Nevena ^d   Johnson, Suzanne ^e   Wanke, Carol ^f   Hoefer, Daniel ^f  

^a Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia Campus (VCU MCV)   (United States)

^b Kerr Healthcare Analytics   (United States)

^c Department of Biostatistics ^*  (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Sharp Health System   (United States)

^f SHARP HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

costs; Medicare Advantage; palliative care; serious illness; utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEATH; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HOSPICE CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CHARGE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX; VERY ELDERLY; CALIFORNIA; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROPENSITY SCORE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEART FAILURE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE PART C; NEOPLASMS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; PROPENSITY SCORE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84992509243     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.14354     Document Type: Article

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