Hospice Use Among Patients with Heart Failure

Sarah H Cross; Arif H Kamal; Donald H Taylor; Haider J Warraich

doi:10.15420/cfr.2019.2.2

Cardiac Failure Review (May 2019)

Hospice Use Among Patients with Heart Failure

Sarah H Cross,
Arif H Kamal,
Donald H Taylor,
Haider J Warraich

Affiliations

Sarah H Cross: Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC, US
Arif H Kamal: Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC, US; Duke Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, Durham, NC, US
Donald H Taylor: Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC, US; Margolis Center for Health Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC, US; Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham, NC, US
Haider J Warraich: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, US

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15420/cfr.2019.2.2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 2
pp. 93 – 98

Abstract

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Despite its many benefits, hospice care is underused for patients with heart failure. This paper discusses the factors contributing to this underuse and offers recommendations to optimise use for patients with heart failure and proposes metrics to optimise quality of hospice care for this patient group.

Published in Cardiac Failure Review

ISSN: 2057-7540 (Print); 2057-7559 (Online)
Publisher: Radcliffe Medical Media
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.cfrjournal.com/

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