Journal article
Medical manuscripts impact of hospice enrollment on cost and length of stay of a terminal admission
American journal of hospice & palliative medicine, Vol.30(6), pp.576-578
09/2013
DOI: 10.1177/1049909112459368
PMCID: PMC4809357
PMID: 22956339
Abstract
Objective:
To determine whether hospice enrollment at the time of a terminal admission alters the length of stay (LOS) or costs compared with patients not enrolled in hospice.
Methods:
Retrospective chart review of all nontraumatic inpatient deaths of patients with a previous admission in the preceding 12 months at an academic hospital.
Results:
209 patients had a nontraumatic death and an admission in the year prior to the terminal admission. Patients enrolled in hospice had a shorter LOS (P = .02) and lower cost (P < .0001) than patients not enrolled at the time of their terminal admission.
Conclusions:
Enrollment in hospice during a terminal admission decreased cost and LOS. Hospice may be a way to provide more cost-effective, appropriate care to dying patients.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Medical manuscripts impact of hospice enrollment on cost and length of stay of a terminal admission
- Creators
- Michelle T Weckmann - Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USAKatherine Freund - University of Iowa, Roy and Lucille Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USACamden Bay - Department of Family Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USAAnn Broderick - Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of hospice & palliative medicine, Vol.30(6), pp.576-578
- DOI
- 10.1177/1049909112459368
- PMID
- 22956339
- PMCID
- PMC4809357
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Hosp Palliat Care
- ISSN
- 1049-9091
- eISSN
- 1938-2715
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/2013
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Health Management and Policy; Family and Community Medicine; General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984024508102771
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