The Link Between Palliative and Mental Health Care

Low palliative care utilization is associated with higher risk of mental health challenges among patients with pancreatic cancer, recent research found. Patients who recently received pancreatic cancer diagnoses may benefit from receiving palliative care services alongside mental health treatments, according to a recent study published in the MDPI journal Healthcare, which spanned the outcomes of […]

‘Upgrading’ the Medicare Hospice Benefit

The Medicare Hospice Benefit could use an “upgrade” to ensure greater flexibility that may be necessary to fully support patients’ needs. This is according to a recent editorial in Health Affairs by Cara L. Wallace, the Dorothy A. Votsmier Endowed Chair and a professor in the Valentine School of Nursing at Saint Louis University, and […]