Palliative Care Research-Hospitals save money on DEAD patients with Palliative Care!

Palliative Care Research | National Palliative Care Registry:

Inpatient specialist palliative care consultation teams have been found to be significantly less costly than usual care comparators in the range of 9%-25% for hospital costs, in a variety of settings and for various populations. (May, Normand & Morrison, 2014; Albanese et al., 2013; Armstrong et al., 2013; Starks et al., 2013; Wu et al., 2013)

• Recently, McCarthy et al. (2015) found overall cost savings from palliative care of $3,426 per patient for those dying in the hospital. No significant cost savings were found for patients discharged alive; however, significant cost savings for patients discharged alive could be achieved for certain diagnoses, palliative care team structures, or if consults occurred within 10 days of admission.

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