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- Title
Economic Report of General Inpatient Hospice in an Academic Medical Center.
- Authors
Rezaeiahari, Mandana; Brown, Clare C.; Schmit, Troy; Tilford, J. Mick
- Abstract
This study examined if there was difference in cost of care after implementation of scattered bed inpatient hospice, first implemented in October 2021 in an Academic Medical Center in Arkansas. This retrospective, cross-sectional study compared the cost of care during the pre-implementation phase (n = 121, July 2020-March 2021) to patients admitted to hospice care (n = 84, October 2021-June 2022). Hospice length of stay (LOS) was 4 times longer than the LOS after a Do Not Resuscitate order (DNR) was placed for patients in the pre-implementation period. The end of life costs after the implementation of inpatient hospice was 69% less than the end of life costs in the pre-implementation period.
- Subjects
ARKANSAS; MEDICAL care use; CROSS-sectional method; STATISTICAL correlation; ACADEMIC medical centers; DO-not-resuscitate orders; HUMAN services programs; COST analysis; HOSPITAL patients; RETROSPECTIVE studies; MANN Whitney U Test; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; LENGTH of stay in hospitals; DATA analysis software; HOSPICE care; CRITICAL care medicine; MEDICAL care costs; REGRESSION analysis
- Publication
American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 2024, Vol 41, Issue 7, p800
- ISSN
1049-9091
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/10499091231204971