Citations
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Reduced Cost (includes decreased ICU/ER use, decreased LOS, increased capacity)
Reduction of Pain & Symptoms/Improves Quality of Life
Increases Referral/LOS to Hospice
Patient , Family, and Nurse Satisfaction
Need for Palliative Care
Increasing the Provision of Palliative Care Services
Reduced Provider/Caregiver Burden
How to Establish a Program
Leadership
Critical Care End-of-Life Issues
Reduced Cost (includes decreased ICU/ER use, decreased LOS, increased capacity)
Ahrens T, Yancey V, Marin Kollef M. Improving family communications at the end of life: Implications for length of stay in the intensive care unit and resource use. American Journal of Critical Care. 2003;12:317-324.
Back AL, Li Y-F, Sales AE. Impact of palliative care case management on resource use by patients dying of cancer at a Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Journal of Palliative Medicine 2005;8:26-35.
Bruera E, Neumann CM, Gagnon B, Brenneis C, Quan H, Hanson J. The impact of a regional palliative care program on the cost of palliative care delivery. J Pall Med. 2000;3:181-186.
Campbell ML. Palliative care consultation in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 2006;34(11 Suppl):S355-8.
Campbell ML, Field BE. Management of the patient with do not resuscitate status: Compassion and cost containment. Heart Lung 1991;20:345-348.
Campbell ML, Frank RR. Experience with an end-of-life practice at a university hospital. Crit Care Med. 1997;25:197-202.
Campbell ML, Guzman JA. Improving the end-of-life experience of MICU patients through a proactive approach to palliative care consultation. Unpublished.
Campbell ML, Guzman JA. Impact of a proactive approach to improve end-of-life care in a medical ICU. Chest 2003; 123:266-127.
Campbell ML, Guzman JA. A proactive approach to improve end-of-life care in a medical intensive care unit for patients with terminal dementia. Crit Care Med 2004; 32:1839-1843
Campbell ML, Thill-Baharozian M. Impact of the DNR therapeutic plan on patient care requirements. Amer J Crit Care 1994;3:202-7.
Cancer center examples: Slide content. Project Safe Conduct. Cleveland, OH. Ireland Cancer Center, 2002.
Carlson RW, Devich LE, Frank RR. Development of a comprehensive supportive care team for the hopelessly ill on a university medical service. JAMA 1988; 259:378-83.
Chochinov HM, Kristjanson L. Dying to pay: The cost of end of life care. J Pal Care 1998;14:5-15.
Ciemins EL, Blum L, Nunley M, Lasher A, Newman JM. The economic and clinical impact of an inpatient palliative care consultation service: a multifaceted approach. J Palliat Med 2007;10:1347-55.
Cowan J. Hospital charges for a community inpatient palliative care program. Am J of Hospice and Pal Med. 2004, vol 21, no 3: 177-190.
Current medicare financing for end of life and palliative care services: Issue brief. Center to Advance Palliative Care: 2000. http://www.capc.org .
Davis M, Walsh D, Nelson K, Konrad D, Legrand S. The business of palliative medicine: Management metrics for an acute-care inpatient unit. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine 2001; 18(1) January/February 2001 26-28.
Dickie H, Vedio A, Dundas R. Treacher DF, Leach RM. Relatonship between TISS and ICU cost. Intensive Care Medicine 1998; 24:1009-17.
Dowdy MD, Robertson C, Bander JA. A study of proactive ethics consultation for critically and terminally ill patients with extended lengths of stay. Crit Care Med. 1998;26:252-259.
Emanuel LL, von Gunten CF, Ferris FD. Procedures/diagnosis coding and reimbursement mechanisms for physician services in palliative care: Appendix. The Education for Physicians on End-of-life Care (EPEC) curriculum: The EPEC project is funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 1999. http://www.epec.net/
Elsayem A, Swint K, Fisch M, Palmer JL, Reddy S, Walker, P., Zhukovsky D, Knight P and Bruera, E. Palliative care inpatient service in a comprehensive cancer center: Clinical and financial outcomes. Clinical Oncology. 2004;22:2008-2014.
Field BE, Devich LE, Carlson RW. Impact of a comprehensive supportive care team on management of hopelessly ill patients with multiple organ failure. Chest 1989; 96:353-356.
Finn J, Pienta K, Parzuchowski J. Bridging cancer treatment and hospice care. ASCO abstract. May 2002.
Foundation Anthology. San Francisco: CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1997:161-86. Goldstein P, Walsh D, Horvitz L. The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Harry R. Horvitz Palliative Care Center. Sup Care Cancer. 1996;4:329-333.
Gilmer T, Schneiderman, LD et al. The Costs of Nonbeneficial Treatment in the Intensive Care Setting. Health Affairs 2005; 24:961-970.
Healthcare costs 101. Available at: http://www.chcf.org . Accessed February 12, 2003. Heilicser BJ, Meltzer D, Siegler M. The effect of clinical medical ethics consultation of healthcare costs J Clin Ethics 2000; 11:31-9.
Higginson IJ, Finlay IG, Goodwin DM, Hood K, Edwards AGK, Cook A, Douglas H, Normand CE. Do hospital-based palliative teams improve care for patients or families at the end of life? J Pain Symptom Manage, 2002 23:96-106.
Higginson IJ, Finlay IG, Goodwin DM, Hood K, Edwards AGK, Cook A, Douglas H, Normand CE. Is there evidence that palliative care teams alter end-of-life experiences of patients and their caregivers? J Pain Symptom Manage, 2003; 25:150-168.
Hogan C, Lunney J, Gabel J, Lynn J. Medicare beneficiaries' costs of care in the last year of life. Health Affairs (Millwood) 2001;20:188-195.
Jurchak M. Report of a study to examine the process of ethics case consultation. J Clin Ethics. 2000;11:49-55.
Koitz D, Bob MD, Page B. The looming budgetary impact of society's aging. A Series of Summaries From the Congressional Budget Office. July 2002.
Lilly CM, De Meo DL, Sonna LA, Haley KJ, Massaro AF, Wallace RF, Cody S. An intensive communication intervention for the critically ill. Am J Med. 2000;109:469-475.
Longberger EA, Russell CL, Burton SM. The effects of palliative care on patient charges. JONA, 1997; 27(11):23-26.
Marik PE, Hedman L. What's in a day? Determining intensive care unit length of stay. Critical Care Medicine 2000; 28:2090-3.
Meier DE. Palliative care in hospitals: Making the case. New York. Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2002.
Meier DE. When pain and and suffering do not require a prognosis: Working toward meaningful hospital-hospice partnership. J Pall Med. 2003; 6:109-115
Meier DE; Thar W; Jordan A; Goldhirsch SL; Siu A; Morrison RS. Integrating case management and palliative care. J Pall Med. 2004; 7:119-134
Micklethwaite A, Grant Program Officer. Interview Joplin, MO. St. John Regional Health Center, 2002.
Micklethwaite A, et al. Savings for patients transferred to palliative care service. St. John Regional Health Center, 2002.
Morrison R et al. Cost Savings Associated With US Hospital Palliative Care Consultation Programs. Arch Intern Med. 2008; 168(16):1783-1790.
Morrison S, Meier DE. Palliative Care. N Engl J Med 2004;350:2582-90.
Morrison RS, Penrod JD, Cassel JB, Caust-Ellenbogen M, Litke A, Spragens L, Meier DE. Cost savings associated with United States hospital palliative care consultation programs. Arch Int Med 2008, in press.
Mt. Sinai. Benefits of palliative expertise. Washington, DC. The Advisory Board Company, 2002.
Naik G. Unlikely way to cut hospital costs: Comfort the dying. Wall St Journ. March, 2004
North Kansas City Hospital. Practice #2: Pain outcomes audit. Washington, DC. The Advisory Board Company, 2001.
Payne SK, Coyne P, Smith TJ. The health economics of palliative care. Oncology:16;6 June 2002 801-808.
Penrod JD, Deb P, Luhrs C et al. Cost and utilization outcomes of patients receiving hospital-based palliative care consultation. Journal of Palliative Medicine 2006;9:855-860.
Portenoy RK. Issues in the economic analysis of therapies for cancer pain. Oncology. 1995;9: 71-76.
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care. Financial implications of promoting excellence in end-of-life care. 2003. www.promotingexcellence.org .
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care. Living and dying well with cancer-successfully integrating palliative care and cancer treatment. 2003. www.promotingexcellence.org .
Reframing the economics. Washington, DC. The Advisory Board Company, 2002.
Smith, TJ, et al. A high volume specialist palliative care unit and team may reduce in-hospital end of life care cost. J Pall Med. 2003: 6:5 Click here for PDF version of this article.
Sweeney L, Halpert A, Waranoff J. Patient-centered management of complex patients can reduce costs without shortening life. Am J Manag Care 2007; 13:84-92.
Tschann JM, Kaufman SR, Micco GP. Family involvement in end-of-life hospital care. JAGS 2003: 51:835-840.
Veatch, RM. Perspective: Terri Schiavo, Son Hudson, and 'Nonbeneficial' Medical Treatments. Health Affairs 2005. 24:976-979.
von Gunten CF, Ferris FD, Kirschner C, Emanuel LL. Coding and reimbursement mechanisms for physician services in hospice and palliative care. J Pal Med 2000; 3:157-64.
White KR, Stover KG, Cassel JB, Smith TJ. Nonclinical Outcomes of Hospital-Based Palliative Care. J Healthcare Mgmt 2006; 51:260-73.
Return To TopReduction of Pain & Symptoms/Improves Quality of Life
Cancer Pain ReleaseLast Acts Partner WHO Collaborating Center for Policy & Communications in Cancer Care (Madison, Wisc.) published the latest edition of their publication, Cancer Pain Release. This issue discusses alternatives to the oral delivery of opioids for use in controlling cancer pain. The issue also includes interviews with Dr. Nathan Cherny, director of cancer pain and palliative medicine at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem and Dr. Sharon Weinstein, director of pain medicine and palliative care at the University of Utah Hunstman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City.
Campbell ML, Field BE. Management of the patient with do not resuscitate status: Compassion and cost containment. Heart Lung. 1991;20:345-348.
Campbell ML, Frank RR. Experience with an end-of-life practice at a university hospital. Crit Care Med. 1997;25:197-202.
Cancer center examples: Slide content. Project Safe Conduct. Cleveland, OH. Ireland Cancer Center, 2002.
Cancer patients enrolled in clinical trials do better when they receive palliative care: Researchers argue quality of life issues need more attention in clinical trials. UC Davis Health System News. 2002.
Carr M., Merriman MP. Comparison of death attitudes among hospice workers and health care professionals in other settings. Presented at the National Hospice Organization 17th Annual Symposium and Exposition. Phoenix, AZ. Vitas Healthcare Corporation, 1995.
Complex care management program: Palliative care and case management. Franklin Health, 2001.
Dartmouth atlas of health care: The quality of care in the last six months of life. Hanover, NH. Center for the Evaluative Clinical Sciences, 2000.
Du Pen SL, Du Pen AR, Polissar N, Hansberry J, Miller Kraybill B, Stillman M, Panke J, Everly R, Syrjala K. Implementing guidelines for cancer pain management: Results of a randomized controlled clinical trial. J Clin Oncol. 1999;17:361.
Finn J, Pienta K, Parzuchowski J. Bridging cancer treatment and hospice care. ASCO abstract. May 2002.
Francke AL. Evaluative research on palliative support teams: A literature review. Pat Educ Couns 2000;41:81-91.
Higginson IJ, Finlay I, Goodwin DM et al. Do hospital-based palliative teams improve care for patients or families at the end of life? J Pain Symptom Manage, 2002; 23:96-106.
Higginson IJ, Finlay IG, Goodwin DM, Hood K, Edwards AGK, Cook A, Douglas H, Normand CE. Do hospital-based palliative teams improve care for patients or families at the end of life? J Pain Symptom Manage, 2002; 23:96-106.
Jordhoy MS, Fayers P, Loge JH, Ahlner-Elmqvist M, Kaasa S. Quality of life in palliative cancer care: results from a cluster randomized trial. J Clin Oncol 2001; 19:3884-3894.
Last Acts, care and caring at the end of life: Precepts of palliative care. Task Force on Palliative Care, 1997.
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. Promising early results from fatigue clinic. Washington, DC. The Advisory Board Company, 2001.
Meier DE. Palliative care in hospitals: Making the case. New York. Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2002.
Meier DE. When pain and and suffering do not require a prognosis: Working toward meaningful hospital-hospice partnership. J Pall Med. 2003; 6:109-115
Morrison S, Meier DE. Palliative Care. N Engl J Med 2004;350:2582-90.
Memorial Sloan Kettering. Cancer care leader launches initiative to improve pain assessment. Washington, DC. The Advisory Board Company, 2001.
Methodist Medical Center. Practice #12: Palliative care protocols. Washington, DC. The Advisory Board Company, 2001.
Mt. Sinai. Benefits of palliative expertise. Washington, DC. The Advisory Board Company, 2002.
North Kansas City Hospital. Practice #2: Pain outcomes audit. Washington, DC. The Advisory Board Company, 2001.
Portenoy RK. Pharmacologic management of cancer pain. Seminars in Oncol. 1995;22:112-120.
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care. Living and dying well with cancer-successfully integrating palliative care and cancer treatment. 2003. www.promotingexcellence.org .
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care. Financial implications of promoting excellence in end-of-life care. 2003. www.promotingexcellence.org .
Tschann JM, Kaufman SR, Micco GP. Family involvement in end-of-life hospital care. JAGS, 2003; 51:835-840.
Von Roenn JH, Cleeland CS, Gonin R, Hatfield AK, Pandya KJ. Physician attitudes and practice in cancer pain management: A survey from the eastern cooperative oncology group. Ann Intern Med. 1993;119:121-126.
Return To TopIncreases Referral/LOS to Hospice
Cancer patients enrolled in clinical trials do better when they receive palliative care: Researchers argue quality of life issues need more attention in clinical trials. UC Davis Health System News. 2002.
Elsayem, A., Swint, K, Fisch, M., Palmer J. L.. Reddy, S., Walker, P., Zhukovsky, D., Knight, P. and Bruera, E., Palliative care inpatient service in a comprehensive cancer center: Clinical and financial outcomes. Clinical Oncology. 2004;22:2008-2014.
Franciscan Health System. Program yields more (timely) hospice referrals. Washington, DC. The Advisory Board Company, 2001.
Hospital quality: Industry announces voluntary reporting system. Available at: http://nationaljournal.com/ .Accessed December 16, 2002.
Hospital system receives Baldrige Award for Quality. Available at: Available at: http://nationaljournal.com/pubs/healthline. Accessed November 26, 2002.
The impact of hospital-based palliative care: Balm of Gilead. Presentation by D Moga and A Jones, 2001.
Meier DE. When pain and and suffering do not require a prognosis: Working toward meaningful hopital-hospice partnership. J Pall Med. 2003; 6:109-115
Mt. Sinai. Benefits of palliative expertise. Washington, DC. The Advisory Board Company, 2002.
Project Safe Conduct. Cleveland, OH. Ireland Cancer Center, 2002. Two teams are national leaders in pain management and end-of-life care. Available at: http://www.ssmhc.com/internet/home/ssmcorp.nsf . Accessed November 26, 2002.
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care. Living and dying well with cancer-successfully integrating palliative care and cancer treatment. 2003. www.promotingexcellence.org .
Patient Family and Nurse Satisfaction
Billings JA, Kolton E. Family satisfaction and bereavement care following death in the hospital. J Pal Med 1999; 2:33-49.
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Cancer center examples: Slide content. Project Safe Conduct. Cleveland, OH. Ireland Cancer Center, 2002.
Cancer patients enrolled in clinical trials do better when they receive palliative care: Researchers argue quality of life issues need more attention in clinical trials. UC Davis Health System News. 2002.
Carrese JA, Mullaney JL, Faden RR, Finucane TE. Planning for death but not serious future illness: Qualitative study of housebound elderly patients. BMJ 2002;325:128-31.
Casarett D, Pickard A, Bailey FA, Ritchie C, et al. Do palliative consultations improve patient outcomes? J Am Geriatr Soc, 2008; 56:593-599.
Elsayem, A., Swint, K, Fisch, M., Palmer J. L.. Reddy, S., Walker, P., Zhukovsky, D., Knight, P. and Bruera, E., Palliative care inpatient service in a comprehensive cancer center: Clinical and financial outcomes. Clinical Oncology. 2004;22:2008-2014.
Francke AL. Evaluative research on palliative support teams: A literature review. Pat Educ Couns 2000;41:81-91.
Guraenik. Projected elderly population. National Center for Health Care Statistics & US Bureau of Census, 1997.
Health United States. Hyattsville, MD. National Center for Health Statistics, 1999.
Lilly CM; De Meo DL, Sonna LA, Haley KJ, Massaro AF, Wallace RF, Cody S. An intensive communication intervention for the critically ill. Am J Med. 2000;109:469-475.
Meier DE. When pain and and suffering do not require a prognosis: Working toward meaningful hopital-hospice partnership. J Pall Med. 2003; 6:109-115
Morrison S. Meier DE. Palliative Care. N Engl J Med 2004;350:2582-90.
Millenson . Percent of chronically ill with < one condition. National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research.
Mt. Sinai. Benefits of palliative expertise. Washington, DC. The Advisory Board Company, 2002.
Portenoy RK, Thaler HT, Kornblith AB, et al. The Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale: An instrument for the evaluation of symptom prevalence, characteristics and distress. Eur J Cancer 1994;30A:1326-36.
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care. Living and dying well with cancer-successfully integrating palliative care and cancer treatment. 2003. www.promotingexcellence.org .
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White KR, Stover KG, Cassel JB, Smith TJ. Nonclinical Outcomes of Hospital-Based Palliative Care. J Healthcare Mgmt 2006; 51:260-73.
Return To Top A Retrospective Electronic Needs Assessment for the Development of a Hospital Based Palliative Care Team (PDF)This study was performed as part of a needs assessment at a 620 bed hospital for a proposed palliative care service. The goal was to identify and describe a population of patients that might benefit from end of life palliative care.
Development and Implementation of an Inpatient Acute Palliative Care Service (PDF)
Mount Carmel Health is a large nonprofit health care system in Central Ohio. It has three hospitals, two educational institutions and a hospice program. (Article provided courtesy Journal of Palliative Medicine).
Billings JA. Module 1: Gaps in the end-of-life care of cancer patients. Disseminating End-of-Life Education to Cancer Centers. The National Cancer Institute, 2001.
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Meier DE. When pain and and suffering do not require a prognosis: Working toward meaningful hospital-hospice partnership. J Pall Med. 2003; 6:109-115
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Return To TopIncreasing the Provision of Palliative Care Services
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Higginson IJ, Finlay IG, Goodwin DM, Hood K, Edwards AGK, Cook A, Douglas H, Normand CE. Is there evidence that palliative care teams alter end-of-life experiences of patients and their caregivers? J. Pain Symptom Manage, 2003; 25:150-168.
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Return To TopReduced Provider/Caregiver Burden
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Finn J, Pienta K, Parzuchowski J. Bridging cancer treatment and hospice care. ASCO abstract. May 2002.
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Critical Care End-of-Life Issues
This bibliography and listing of resource materials addresses end-of-life issues in the ICU setting and was devised from the Promoting Excellence Critical Care Workgroup.Critical Care End-of-Life Issues-Promoting Excellence
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