TY - JOUR
T1 - Benefits and costs of home palliative care compared with usual care for patients with advanced illness and their family caregivers
AU - Gomes, B.
AU - Calanzani, N.
AU - Higginson, I.J.
N1 - Conflict of Interest Disclosures: All authors have
completed and submitted the ICMJE Form for
Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. Dr
Higginson was an author of one of the studies
included in the full review but played no part in the
decision to include or exclude trials, quality
assessment, data extraction or conclusions in
relation to this study. No other disclosures were
reported.
Funding/Support: This work was funded by Cicely
Saunders International and the Calouste
Gulbenkian Foundation.
Additional Contributions: Vito Curiale, MD (Centre
Hospitalier Princesse Grace, Monaco), and Paul
McCrone, PhD (King’s College London), are
coauthors of the full review. The Cochrane Pain,
Palliative, and Supportive Care Review Group
produced it. No compensation was received
PY - 2014/3/12
Y1 - 2014/3/12
N2 - CLINICAL QUESTION Are home palliative care services associated with benefits to patientswith advanced illness and family caregivers, and are they cost-effective?BOTTOM LINE Compared with usual care, home palliative care is associated with increasedodds of dying at home and fewer symptoms for patients with advanced illness. It is notassociated with changes in caregiver grief. Cost-effectiveness is inconclusive.
AB - CLINICAL QUESTION Are home palliative care services associated with benefits to patientswith advanced illness and family caregivers, and are they cost-effective?BOTTOM LINE Compared with usual care, home palliative care is associated with increasedodds of dying at home and fewer symptoms for patients with advanced illness. It is notassociated with changes in caregiver grief. Cost-effectiveness is inconclusive.
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U2 - 10.1001/jama.2014.553
DO - 10.1001/jama.2014.553
M3 - Article
VL - 311
SP - 1060
EP - 1061
JO - JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
JF - JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
IS - 10
ER -