Proactive Palliative Care for Hospitalized Primary Care Patients (QI712)

Early integration of palliative care (PC) improves outcomes for patients with cancer, including quality of life, symptom burden, and health care utilization. Strategies are needed to identify primary care patients who would benefit from early PC.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - February 23, 2021 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Cindy Lien, Samantha Shapiro, Mary Buss Source Type: research