Hospice and Palliative Care Archives - Cancer Therapy Advisor

January 21, 2015

Routine data collection and feedback at point-of-care improves most patient outcomes in hospice and palliative care.

November 12, 2014

Patients enrolled in hospice care had lower rates of healthcare utilization, and their costs for care were less during their last year of life.

November 4, 2014

A third of patients beginning palliative care die within a week.

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October 27, 2014

Palliative Care in Oncology Symposium: Palliative care for non-small cell lung cancer may not increase healthcare costs in the last 30 days of life.

October 22, 2014

Findings among older patients with terminal ovarian cancer receiving hospice care.

October 16, 2014

Despite an increase in the use of hospice, the use of costly services for patients with ovarian cancer also increased.

August 29, 2014

Late admission more likely for younger patients, married men, hematologic malignancies.

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Dan Neel

August 20, 2014

Diarrhea is a treatment symptom as common as hair loss but with deadlier implications.

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Bryant Furlow

July 30, 2014

There is still more work to be done to ensure that palliative care is understood.

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Debra Hughes, MS

July 9, 2014

With the cost of cancer care rising, an ASCO task force has been established to create a framework for assessing relative value of cancer treatment.