Hospice Use Among Patients with Heart Failure
Despite its many benefits, hospice care is underused for patients with heart failure. This paper discusses the factors contributing to this underuse and offers recommendations to optimise use for patients with heart failure and proposes metrics to optimise quality of hospice care for this patient gr...
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Radcliffe Medical Media
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Cardiac Failure Review |
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| author | Sarah H Cross Arif H Kamal Donald H Taylor Haider J Warraich |
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| description | Despite its many benefits, hospice care is underused for patients with heart failure. This paper discusses the factors contributing to this underuse and offers recommendations to optimise use for patients with heart failure and proposes metrics to optimise quality of hospice care for this patient group. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fb53d2093a564ff8b580bdacc5cc6be92024-12-14T16:01:21ZengRadcliffe Medical MediaCardiac Failure Review2057-75402057-75592019-05-0152939810.15420/cfr.2019.2.2Hospice Use Among Patients with Heart FailureSarah H Cross0Arif H Kamal1Donald H Taylor2Haider J Warraich3Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC, USDuke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC, US; Duke Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC, USSanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC, US; Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC, US; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, USDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USDespite its many benefits, hospice care is underused for patients with heart failure. This paper discusses the factors contributing to this underuse and offers recommendations to optimise use for patients with heart failure and proposes metrics to optimise quality of hospice care for this patient group.https://www.cfrjournal.com/articles/hospice-use-among-patients-heart-failure |
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| title | Hospice Use Among Patients with Heart Failure |
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| title_short | Hospice Use Among Patients with Heart Failure |
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