Hospital-based palliative care programs on the rise
Credentialing Resource Center Connection, April 24, 2008
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Within the last eight years, 667 hospitals have added palliative care programs, according to an April 14 report by The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC). This means that 31% of all U.S. hospitals have a care program specifically focused on relief of the pain, symptoms, and stress of serious illness.
Diane Meier, MD, FACP, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care, says that these statistics show a paradigm shift in how we treat serious illness in America. “Ten years ago there were almost no hospital palliative care programs in the U.S. But if we’re going to meet the needs of an aging population, it’s going to be necessary for every hospital to have a program,” she says.
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