Recent research has found that palliative care’s value proposition may be gaining momentum across the health continuum and in educational settings. Palliative Care Paves Way for Stronger Comorbidity Risk Assessment Patients with liver cancer could benefit from receiving palliative care services and procedures further upstream in their illness trajectories. Receiving palliative care could help avoid […]
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Breast cancer patients often lack access to palliative care services, but the needle may be moving as researchers dig into common barriers and clinical and financial outcomes. A recent study of nearly 30,000 hospitalized metastatic breast cancer patients found that only 19% received palliative care from 2010 to 2014. The Scientific Reports study examined patient […]
New research is carving out the case for palliative care investment as more hospices dive into this growing market. A recently published study from Scientific Reports found that cancer patients who received palliative care services required 38% fewer emergency department visits and saw 56% fewer hospital admissions than those who did not. Additionally, the palliative […]