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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2005.8.26" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2005.8.26</a>
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Impact of palliative care case management on resource use by patients dying of cancer at a Veterans Affairs medical center
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Journal Of Palliative Medicine
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2005
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Female; Humans; Male; Terminal Care; Logistic Models; Aged; Middle Aged; Comorbidity; Length of Stay; Hospitals; Comparative Study; retrospective studies; Case Management/organization & administration; Neoplasms/mortality/therapy; Palliative Care/statistics & numerical data/utilization; Veterans
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Back AL; Li YF; Sales AE
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BACKGROUND: The VA Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHCS) started a palliative care service (PCS) in October 2001 to provide case management for patients with advanced cancer. OBJECTIVE: To examine resource use during the last 60 days of life for patients dying of cancer who received PCS compared to patients receiving usual care (non-PCS) during the same time period. DESIGN: Retrospective nonrandomized comparison of resource use using administrative data. SETTING: Tertiary care Veterans Affairs medical center. PARTICIPANTS: All patients who died of cancer between October 1, 2001 and October 31, 2002 at VAPSHCS. RESULTS: Two hundred sixty-five patients died of cancer during the specified time period, including 82 PCS and 183 non-PCS patients. PCS patients received case management for a mean of 79 days, and were younger, had more comorbid conditions, and were more likely to have had chemotherapy in the last 60 days of life than non-PCS patients. Variables associated with more acute care bed days in the last 60 days of life included: chemotherapy in the last 60 days of life, and a length of stay on PCS less than 60 days. Variables associated with fewer acute care bed days within the last 60 days of life included: being married, and a length of stay on PCS 60 days or more. Compared to non-PCS patients, the place of death for PCS patients was less likely to be acute care. CONCLUSION: PCS for 60 or more days prior to death was associated with decreased use of acute care hospital resources for patients dying of cancer.
2005
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2005.8.26" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1089/jpm.2005.8.26</a>
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2005
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Back AL
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Case Management/organization & administration
Comorbidity
Comparative Study
Female
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Humans
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Journal of Palliative Medicine
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Li YF
Logistic Models
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms/mortality/therapy
Palliative Care/statistics & numerical data/utilization
Retrospective Studies
Sales AE
Terminal Care
Veterans