Journal article
Cost-effectiveness of Investment in End-of-Life Home Care to Enable Death in Community Settings
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Many people with terminal illness prefer to die in home-like settings-including care homes, hospices, or palliative care units-rather than an acute care hospital. Home-based palliative care services can increase the likelihood of death in a community setting, but the provision of these services may increase costs relative to usual care.
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to estimate the incremental cost per community death for …
Authors
Isenberg SR; Tanuseputro P; Spruin S; Seow H; Goldman R; Thavorn K; Hsu AT
Journal
Medical Care, Vol. 58, No. 8, pp. 665–673
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
August 2020
DOI
10.1097/mlr.0000000000001320
ISSN
0025-7079