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ReviewHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2019

The Development of Pathways in Palliative Medicine: Definition, Models, Cost and Quality Impact.

Laura Finn, Sonia Malhotra

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Review in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Multi-Level Factors Impacting Implementation of Outpatient Palliative Care: Perceptions of VA Providers.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Laura FinnDivision of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplant, Department of Internal Medicine, Ochsner Medical Center, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA. laura.finn@ochsner.org.
Sonia MalhotraDepartment of Palliative Medicine & Supportive Care, Section of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics, University Medical Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, 2000 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA. smalhotr@tulane.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Palliative Care and its medical subspecialty, known as Palliative Medicine, is the care of anyone with a serious illness. This emerging field includes Hospice and comfort care, however, it is not limited to end-of-life care. Examples of the types of serious illness that Palliative Medicine clinicians care for include and are not limited to hematologic and oncologic diseases, such as cancer, advanced heart and lung diseases (e.g., congestive heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder), advanced liver and kidney diseases, and advanced neurologic illnesses (e.g., Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease). In the past decade, there has been tremendous growth of Palliative Medicine programs across the country. As the population of patients with serious illnesses increases, there is growing concentration on quality of care, including symptom management, meeting patients' goals regarding their medical care and providing various types of support, all of which are provided by Palliative Medicine. In this review article we define Palliative Medicine, describe care pathways and their applicability to Palliative Medicine, identify different models for Palliative Care and provide evidence for its impact on cost and quality of care.

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clinical pathwayscost-effectivenesshospicepalliative carepalliative medicinequalityserious illness

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PMID30717281
PMCPMC6473403

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