Palliative Care Disincentives in CKD: Changing Policy to Improve CKD Care

This article reviews policies that affect the delivery of palliative care for this population, discusses reforms that could address disincentives to palliative care, identifies quality measurement issues for palliative care for individuals with advanced CKD and ESRD, and considers potential pitfalls in the implementation of new models of integrated palliative care. Reforming health care delivery in ways that remove policy disincentives to palliative care for patients with advanced CKD and ESRD will fill a critical gap in care.
Source: American Journal of Kidney Diseases - Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research