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Tamara Dumanovsky1, Maggie Rogers1, Lynn Hill Spragens2
11 Center to Advance Palliative Care , New York, New York.
Background:
Over the past decade over two-thirds of U.S. hospitals have established palliative care programs. National data on palliative care program staffing and its association with operational outcomes are limited.
Objective:
The objective of this report is to examine the impact of palliative care program staffing on access to palliative care in U.S. hospitals.
Methods:
Data from the National Palliative Care Registry™ for 2014 were used to calculate staffing levels, palliative care service penetration, and time to initial palliative care consultation for 398 palliative care programs operating across 482 U.S. hospitals.
Results:
Hospital-based palliative care programs reported an average service penetration of 4.4%. Higher staffing levels were associated with higher service penetration; higher service penetration was associated with shorter time to initial palliative care consultation.
Discussion:
This report demonstrates that operational effectiveness, as measured by staffing and palliative care service penetration, is associated with shorter time to palliative care consultation.
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