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See Latest ArticlesOpportunities To Improve The Quality Of Care For Advanced Illness
Health Affairs, 09/18/09
Krakauer R et al. – The authors briefly describe a care management program that gives people culturally sensitive supportive information, to make informed choices and obtain palliative services in a timely manner. In the sample population, more members chose hospice care; acute care utilization declined. It is possible to assist Americans with advanced illness and remove barriers to selecting hospice care, if that is their choice, without adverse financial impact.
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