Paediatric palliative care improves patient outcomes and reduces healthcare costs: Evaluation of a home-based program

• Main Authors: Chong, P.H, De Castro Molina, J.A, Teo, K, Tan, W.S
• Other Authors: DUKE-NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL
• Format: Article
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: adult; advance care planning; Article; caregiver burden; cohort analysis; controlled study; cystic fibrosis; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; economic aspect; ethnicity; female; health care cost; health care policy; health care utilization; hospice care; hospitalization; human; length of stay; major clinical study; male; palliative therapy; pediatric advanced life support; pediatric palliative care; prematurity; prospective study; quality of life; retrospective study; terminal care; adolescent; child; home care; infant; organization and management; outcome assessment; pediatrics; preschool child; psychology; Singapore; standards; statistics and numerical data; Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; Female; Health Care Costs; Home Care Services; Humans; Infant; Male; Palliative Care; Patient Outcome Assessment; Pediatrics; Prospective Studies; Quality of Life; Retrospective Studies
• Online Access: https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/181228
• Institution: National University of Singapore

10.1186/s12904-017-0267-z