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Post National Comparison on FTE vs Volume?
Author: lifesjourneyteam
Date: Jan 26, 2012 8:29 am
Is there any published data on inpatient consultation palliative care teams regarding patient volumes per FTE? We are trying to find out an average of how many patients can be seen per FTE (initial consult and/or follow up visit) to see how our team compares to others nationally. Thanks.
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Re:National Comparison on FTE vs Volume? (by lynceronsky on 02/01/2012)
The National Palliative Care Registry was created to collect information from palliative care programs to allow comparison across settings and begin to answer the kind of question you pose. If you haven't already registered your program, we would strongly encourage you to do so. There is a link on www.capc.org with information about the kind of data you will be asked to submit on an annual basis.

The experience of palliative care teams shows a range of data on volume/provider. Variables that influence this include type of consults, unit support from care coordinators/social workers, whether you practice in an academic setting, composition of your team-- just to name a few. Approximately 200-250/consults per fte is used as an estimate, with annual visits ( new + follow-up) ranging from 750-1000/year/provider.There are additional discussion on related questions to yours archived on the forum too.
We would also encourage you to consider the non-direct patient care value your team contributes.

Lyn Ceronsky
Re:National Comparison on FTE vs Volume? (by lynceronsky on 02/01/2012)
The National Palliative Care Registry was created to collect information from palliative care programs to allow comparison across settings and begin to answer the kind of question you pose. If you haven't already registered your program, we would strongly encourage you to do so. There is a link on www.capc.org with information about the kind of data you will be asked to submit on an annual basis.

The experience of palliative care teams shows a range of data on volume/provider. Variables that influence this include type of consults, unit support from care coordinators/social workers, whether you practice in an academic setting, composition of your team-- just to name a few. Approximately 200-250/consults per fte is used as an estimate, with annual visits ( new + follow-up) ranging from 750-1000/year/provider.There are additional discussion on related questions to yours archived on the forum too.
We would also encourage you to consider the non-direct patient care value your team contributes.

Lyn Ceronsky

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