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Diagnostic Classifications And Resource Utilization Of Decedents Served By The Department Of Veterans Affairs, Sonia A. Duffy, Laurel Copeland, Faith Hopp, Robert J. Zalenski Oct 2007

Diagnostic Classifications And Resource Utilization Of Decedents Served By The Department Of Veterans Affairs, Sonia A. Duffy, Laurel Copeland, Faith Hopp, Robert J. Zalenski

Social Work Faculty Publications

Background: Given the volume and cost of inpatient care during the last year of life, there is a critical need to identify patterns of dying as a means of planning end-of-life care services, especially for the growing number of older persons who receive services from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

Methods: A retrospective computerized record review was conducted of 20,933 VHA patients who died as inpatients between October 1, 2001 and September 30, 2002. Diagnoses were aggregated into one of five classification patterns of death and analyzed in terms of health care resource utilization (mean number of inpatient days and …


Predictors Of Length Of Stay At Jefferson Hospice, Alexander D. Fuld, Timothy P. Cousounis, James Plumb Aug 2005

Predictors Of Length Of Stay At Jefferson Hospice, Alexander D. Fuld, Timothy P. Cousounis, James Plumb

Population Health Matters (Formerly Health Policy Newsletter)

No abstract available.


Managing Advanced Illness: A Quality And Cost Challenge To Medicare, Medicaid, And Private Insurers, Karen Matherlee Jun 2002

Managing Advanced Illness: A Quality And Cost Challenge To Medicare, Medicaid, And Private Insurers, Karen Matherlee

National Health Policy Forum

This issue brief examines approaches to delivering and financing health services for persons with advanced chronic illness. It focuses on the nature and structure of the Medicare hospice benefit and its use as a model for Medicaid and other federal programs. The paper also looks at palliative-care approaches along the continuum of inpatient and post-acute services and raises cost, quality, and access issues for end-of-life care. In addition, it provides an overview of coverage through private insurance, including indemnity, point-of-service, and preferred-provider-organization products.


Management Of Terminal Illness: The Hospice Concept Of Care, Josefina B. Magno Jun 1991

Management Of Terminal Illness: The Hospice Concept Of Care, Josefina B. Magno

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.


Palliative Care In The 1990s: Special Issues, Derek Doyle Jun 1991

Palliative Care In The 1990s: Special Issues, Derek Doyle

Henry Ford Hospital Medical Journal

No abstract provided.