Palliative care programs save hospitals money
Hospitalist Leadership Connection, September 9, 2008
Hospitals saved $279-$374 a day on patients with palliative care programs, according to a new study by the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) and National Palliative Care Research Center. Palliative care, a subspecialty to improve quality of life, responds to an increasing aging population with serious illnesses, including cancer, heart disease, and kidney failure.
The study, “Cost Savings Associated with U.S. Hospital Palliative Care Consultation Programs,” published in the Sept. 8 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, evaluated nearly 3000 patients at eight hospitals and found that hospitals saved $1700-$4900 per admission of a palliative care patient. For an entire hospital, this translates to savings in pharmacy, lab, and intensive care costs that total $1.3 million for a 300-bed community hospital or $2.5 million for the average academic medical center.
Since 2006, more than 41% hospitals employ a palliative care program, according to a CAPC press release this week.
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