Growth of an Academic Palliative Medicine Program: Patient Encounters and Clinical Burden Rony Dev, DO, Egidio Del Fabbro, MD, Mikilisha Miles, MBA, Amy Vala, MHA, MBA, David Hui, MD, Eduardo Bruera, MD Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Volume 45, Issue 2, Pages 261-271 (February 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.02.015 Copyright © 2013 Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Growth of palliative care clinical encounters from fiscal year 2000–2010. IP=inpatient; OP=outpatient; CO=palliative care consultation; FU=follow-up clinical visit; PCU=palliative care unit; *Name change (supportive care from palliative care). Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2013 45, 261-271DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.02.015) Copyright © 2013 Terms and Conditions
Fig. 2 Year-to-year growth in patient encounters in a palliative care program from fiscal year (FY) 2000–2010. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2013 45, 261-271DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.02.015) Copyright © 2013 Terms and Conditions
Fig. 3 Palliative care inpatient consultations per average number of operating beds from fiscal year (FY) 2000–2010. Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) estimated growth indicated by arrows. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2013 45, 261-271DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.02.015) Copyright © 2013 Terms and Conditions
Fig. 4 Average inpatient and outpatient activity per full-time physician equivalents (FTE) from the fiscal year (FY) 2000–2010. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2013 45, 261-271DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.02.015) Copyright © 2013 Terms and Conditions
Fig. 5 Average inpatient activity per full-time midlevel provider equivalents from fiscal year (FY) 2000–2010. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2013 45, 261-271DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.02.015) Copyright © 2013 Terms and Conditions