Economics of Palliative Care for Hospitalized Adults With Serious Illness: A Meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Economics of care for adults with serious illness is a policy priority worldwide. Palliative care may lower costs for hospitalized adults, but the evidence has important limitations.

Objective

To estimate the association of palliative care consultation (PCC) with direct hospital costs for adults with serious illness.

Data sources

Systematic searches of the Embase, PsycINFO, CENTRAL, PubMed, CINAHL, and EconLit databases were performed for English-language journal articles using keywords in the domains of palliative care (eg, palliative, terminal) and economics (eg, cost, utilization), with limiters for hospital and consultation. For Embase, PsycINFO, and CENTRAL, we searched without a time limitation. For PubMed, CINAHL, and EconLit, we searched for article

SUBMITTER: May P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6145747 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature