biostudies-literatureAndersen SKGreenwall FoundationNHLBI NIH HHSFoundation for the National Institutes of HealthUPMC Enterprises103https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11219699biostudies-literatureUnknown14(1)<h4>Background</h4>Patients with advanced critical illness often receive more intensive treatment than they would choose for themselves, which contributes to high health care costs near the end of life. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a family support intervention delivered by the interprofessional ICU team decreases hospitalization costs and hospital readmissions among critically ill patients at high risk of death or severe functional impairment.<h4>Results</h4>We examined index hospitalization costs as well as post-discharge utilization of acute care hospitals, rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities, and hospice services for the PARTNER trial, a multicenter, stepped-wedge, cluster randomized trial of an interprofessional ICU family support intervention. We deterAnnals of intensive careImpact of a family support intervention on hospitalization costs and hospital readmissions among ICU patients at high risk of death or severe functional impairment.PMC11219699K24 HL148314Angus DCDarby JMAndersen SKWhite DBChang CHArnold RMPidro CPairing Re-engineered Intensive Care Teams with Nurse-driven Emotional Support, Relationship building (PARTNER) InvestigatorsfalseImpact of a family support intervention on hospitalization costs and hospital readmissions among ICU patients at high risk of death or severe functional impairment.<h4>Background</h4>Patients with advanced critical illness often receive more intensive treatment than they would choose for themselves, which contributes to high health care costs near the end of life. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a family support intervention delivered by the interprofessional ICU team decreases hospitalization costs and hospital readmissions among critically ill patients at high risk of death or severe functional impairment.<h4>Results</h4>We examined index hospitalization costs as well as post-discharge utilization of acute care hospitals, rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities, and hospice services for the PARTNER trial, a multicenter, stepped-wedge, cluster randomized trial of an interprofessional ICU family support intervention. We deter2024-01-01T00:00:00Z2024 Jul2026-07-15T10:00:12.19Z2025-04-04T12:21:27.306ZS-EPMC112196993895414910.1186/s13613-024-01344-9