Abstract Background: Outpatient palliative care services can improve patient outcomes, yet little is known about their structure and characteristics. Objective: To describe the structure and characteristics of outpatient palliative care services…
Abstract Background: The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that palliative care be available to seriously ill hospitalized children, yet little is known about how these services are structured. Objective: The study's aim is to report the…
BACKGROUND: Little is known about the use of palliative care for outpatients who continue to pursue treatment of their underlying disease or whether outpatient palliative medicine consultation teams improve clinical outcomes. METHODS: We conducted a…