Background: Little is known about the physician workforce providing palliative care in
Canada, and in Ontario specifically. We developed an algorithm to identify palliative care …

Objective: Provision of palliative care services by primary care physicians is increasingly
important with an aging population, but it is unknown whether US primary care physicians …

Background: Over the past two decades, the number of hospitals with palliative care has
increased significantly. Objective: This study analyzes the availability of palliative care in US …

Background: The number of palliative care consultation services is growing, yet little is
known about how program characteristics change over time. Objective: Compare changes in …

Background: Studies aiming to identify palliative care populations have used data from
death certificates and in some cases hospital records. The size and characteristics of the …

Objectives To quantify the cost savings of palliative care (PC) and identify differences in
savings according to team structure, patient diagnosis, and timing of consult. Data Sources …

The predominant model for palliative care delivery, outside of hospice care, is the hospital-
based consultative team. Although a majority of US hospitals offer palliative care services …

Background Research indicating that people increasingly prefer to die at home suggests
that palliative care is likely to play a more prominent role in the future of Canada's health …

Background: Over the past decade over two-thirds of US hospitals have established
palliative care programs. National data on palliative care program staffing and its …

Background: Much end-of-life care is provided in hospital, yet little is known about the
delivery of palliative care during end-of-life hospitalizations. Objectives: To characterize the …