Method A proforma was completed upon the death of every patient referred to the service in
2009. The information captured included the preferred and actual place of death, aspects …

132 Background: Home-based palliative care programs by multi-disciplinary providers
improve patient and caregiver satisfaction, enhance symptom control, increase hospice use …

Palliative care is a growing specialty striving to improve quality of life in patients and families
facing advanced illness, with demonstrated benefits. Outcomes regarding patients receiving …

Objectives A significant proportion of adults admitted to hospital are in their last year of life.
We evaluated admissions for these patients. Methods We identified ambulance callouts to …

Objective: To assess the efficacy of a palliative care clinic (PCC), which provided some of
the interdisciplinary services and expertise of an inpatient consult service to outpatients, in …

Objectives: Specialist palliative care was introduced into the German health care system for
patients at the end of life. The primary objective of this study was to assess whether the …

e24113 Background: Hospice underutilization among patients with advanced cancer at the
end of life can result in patients not receiving the full benefit of hospice and lead to …

Background: Palliative care units (PCUs) staffed by specialty-trained physicians and nurses
have been established in a number of medical centers. The purpose of this study is to review …

Context: Although hospice programs are a well-established feature of the American medical
system, inpatient palliative care services are a recent development. Therefore limited data …

Purpose: With improved effectiveness of early detection and treatment, many patients with
cancer are now living with advanced disease and associated symptoms. As cancer …