1. Cost Analysis and Policy Implications of a Pediatric Palliative Care Program 
Daphna Gans, PhD, Max W. Hadler, MPH, MA, Xiao Chen, PhD, Shang-Hua Wu, MS, Robert Dimand, MD, Jill M. Abramson, MD, MPH, FAAP, Betty Ferrell, PhD, MA, FAAN, FPCN, Allison L. Diamant, MD, MSHS, Gerald F. Kominski, PhD 
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 
Volume 52, Issue 3, Pages (September 2016)
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2. Fig. 1
Pre-post change in per enrollee per month cost, by service type, 2008–2012. Long-term care was examined as a separate service type but was too small to report separately and was included in the IP service category. ED = emergency department; IP = inpatient; OP = outpatient; RX = pharmacy.
UCLA analysis of MIS/DSS claims, MEDS, and CMS Net data.
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3. Fig. 2
Cost distribution by type of service and diagnosis category, 2008–2012. ED percentages were not included because of small size. Other includes gastrointestinal conditions and enrollees whose primary diagnosis was “Other and unspecified postsurgical nonabsorption.” IP = inpatient; OP = outpatient; RX = pharmacy.
UCLA analysis of MIS/DSS claims, MEDS, and CMS Net data.
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4. Fig. 3
Mean number of inpatient days PEPM, pre- and post-enrollment, by diagnosis category, 2008–2012. PEPM = per enrollee per month.
UCLA analysis of MIS/DSS claims, MEDS, and CMS Net data.
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management  , DOI: ( /j.jpainsymman )
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