Survival, Mortality, and Location of Death for Patients Seen by a Hospital-Based Palliative Care Team
Journal of Palliative MedicinePublished 1 August 2006
Erik K. Fromme, Paul B. Bascom, Mary Denise Smith, Susan W. Tolle, Lissi Hanson, David H. Hickam
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Patient outcomes following inpatient palliative care consultation are characterized: where patients are discharged, how long they live, and where they die.
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We characterized patient outcomes following inpatient palliative care consultation: where patients are discharged, how long they live, and where they die. Two thirds of patients were able to be discharged, even when death occurred within two weeks. The low rates of readmission and death in an acute care hospital support that the decision to discharge the patients was reasonable and the discharge plan was adequate. Hospital based palliative care teams can play an important and unique role in discharge planning--allowing even patients very near death to leave the hospital if they wish.
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