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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2007.0065" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2007.0065</a>
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The economic and clinical impact of an inpatient palliative care consultation service: a multifaceted approach
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Journal Of Palliative Medicine
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2007
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Female; Humans; Male; Cohort Studies; Adult; Aged; Middle Aged; Length of Stay; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Inpatients; Academic Medical Centers; 80 and over; Palliative Care/economics; San Francisco; Episode of Care; Referral and Consultation/economics/utilization
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Ciemins EL; Blum L; Nunley M; Lasher A; Newman JM
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BACKGROUND: While there has been a rapid increase of inpatient palliative care (PC) programs, the financial and clinical benefits have not been well established. OBJECTIVE: Determine the effect of an inpatient PC consultation service on costs and clinical outcomes. DESIGN: Multifaceted study included: (1) interrupted time-series design utilizing mean daily costs preintervention and postintervention; (2) matched cohort analysis comparing PC to usual care patients; and (3) analysis of symptom control after consultation. SETTING: Large private, not-for-profit, academic medical center in San Francisco, California, 2004-2006. Subjects: Time series analysis included 282 PC patients; matched cohorts included 27 PC with 128 usual care patients; clinical outcome analysis of 48 PC patients. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Mean daily patient costs and length of stay (LOS); pain, dyspnea, and secretions assessment scores. RESULTS: Mean daily costs were reduced 33% (p < 0.01) from preintervention to postintervention period. Mean length of stay (LOS) was reduced 30%. Mean daily costs for PC patients were 14.5% lower compared to usual care patients (p < 0.01). Pain, dyspnea, and secretions scores were reduced by 86%, 64%, and 87%, respectively. Over the study period, time to PC referral as well as overall ALOS were reduced by 50%. CONCLUSIONS: The large reduction in mean daily costs and LOS resulted in an estimated annual savings of $2.2 million in the study hospital. Our results extend the evidence base of financial and clinical benefits associated with inpatient PC programs. We recommend additional study of best practices for identifying patients and providing consultation services, in addition to progressive management support and reimbursement policy.
2007
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2007.0065" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1089/jpm.2007.0065</a>
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2007
80 And Over
Academic Medical Centers
Adult
Aged
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Blum L
Ciemins EL
Cohort Studies
Episode of Care
Female
Humans
Inpatients
Journal Article
Journal of Palliative Medicine
Lasher A
Length Of Stay
Male
Middle Aged
Newman JM
Nunley M
Outcome Assessment (health Care)
Palliative Care/economics
Referral and Consultation/economics/utilization
San Francisco
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.07.102" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.07.102</a>
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Resource utilization for ovarian cancer patients at the end of life: how much is too much?
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Gynecologic Oncology
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2005
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Female; Humans; Adult; Medical Futility; Aged; Middle Aged; 80 and over; Comparative Study; retrospective studies; Hospice Care/economics; Health Services/economics/utilization; Hospitalization/economics; Ovarian Neoplasms/economics/therapy; Palliative Care/economics; Terminal Care/economics/methods
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Lewin SN; Buttin BM; Powell MA; Gibb RK; Rader JS; Mutch DG; Herzog TJ
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OBJECTIVE: End-of-life (EOL) medical care consumes 10-12% of national health care expenditures and 27% of Medicare dollars annually. Studies suggest that hospice services decrease EOL expenditures by 25-40%. The goal of this study was to compare the total cost of hospital-based resources utilized in ovarian cancer patients during their last 60 days of life for those enrolled in hospice versus those not on hospice. METHODS: Study eligibility included patients who expired from ovarian cancer from 1999 to 2003. Medical records were reviewed for demographic data as well as treatment, response and recurrence rates, histologic type, grade and stage. Billing records were analyzed for costs of inpatient and outpatients visits, including radiologic, laboratory and pharmacy charges. Total cost of hospital resources was compared between patients managed on hospice for >10 days (hospice group) versus <10 days (non-hospice group) using the following methods: Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis and Student's t tests. Overall survival was compared using Kaplan-Meier statistics. RESULTS: Of the 84 patients analyzed, 67 (79.8%) were in the non-hospice group and 17 (20.2%) were in the hospice group. Demographic, histologic and staging characteristics as well as platinum sensitivity were similar between the two groups before the last 60 days of life. Mean number of chemotherapy cycles before the study period was also similar (20.4 and 21.0, respectively). However, during the study period, the mean total cost per patient in the non-hospice group was dollar 59,319 versus dollar 15,164 in the hospice group (P = 0.0001). A significant difference in cost was noted for mean inpatient days (dollar 6584 vs. dollar 1629, P = 0.0007), radiology (dollar 6063 vs. dollar 2343, P = 0.003), laboratory (dollar 12,281 vs. dollar 2026, P = 0.0004) and pharmacy charges (dollar 13,650 vs. dollar 4465, P = 0.0017) as well as for treating physician per patient (dollar 112,707 vs. dollar 34,677, P = 0.04). Overall survival for the two groups was the same. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings demonstrate that there is a significant cost difference with no appreciable improvement in survival between ovarian cancer patients treated aggressively versus those enrolled in hospice at the EOL. These data suggest that earlier hospice enrollment is beneficial. Furthermore, cost variations between physicians and patients imply that education may be an important variable.
2005
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<a href="http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.07.102" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">10.1016/j.ygyno.2005.07.102</a>
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Journal Article
2005
80 And Over
Adult
Aged
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Buttin BM
Comparative Study
Female
Gibb RK
Gynecologic Oncology
Health Services/economics/utilization
Herzog TJ
Hospice Care/economics
Hospitalization/economics
Humans
Journal Article
Lewin SN
Medical Futility
Middle Aged
Mutch DG
Ovarian Neoplasms/economics/therapy
Palliative Care/economics
Powell MA
Rader JS
Retrospective Studies
Terminal Care/economics/methods