Palliative Care Consultations in Nursing Homes and End-of-Life Hospitalizations Susan C. Miller, PhD, Roshani Dahal, MPH, Julie C. Lima, PhD, Orna Intrator, PhD, Edward Martin, MD, MPH, Janet Bull, MD, FAAHPM, Laura C. Hanson, MD, MPH Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Volume 52, Issue 6, Pages 878-883 (December 2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.05.017 Copyright © 2016 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 The changing palliative care visit volumea: nursing homes that introduced consults. At some point during study years 2000–2010b. aNumber of palliative care visits annually per 100 unduplicated nursing home residents. bIncludes 1835 nursing home study years. Many nursing homes did not have (external) palliative care consults available in the early years, and some facilities introducing consults reduced their use in the later years. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2016 52, 878-883DOI: (10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.05.017) Copyright © 2016 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Terms and Conditions