Palliative Rehabilitation Improves Health Care Utilization and Function in Frail Older Adults With Chronic Lung Diseases
The Integrated Care for Advanced REspiratory Disorders (ICARE) service is a stay-in, post-acute care program for hospitalized patients with chronic, nonmalignant lung diseases. It provides palliative rehabilitation —a novel model integrating functional rehabilitation with early palliative care. We compare reduction of health care utilization among ICARE participants vs matched controls receiving usual care.
Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - Category: Health Management Authors: Han-Yee Neo, Chun-Wei Yap, Liang-Ming Teo, Liang-Tee Lee, Hong-Weng Tan, Hui-Ying Xu, Allyn Hum, John A. Abisheganaden Tags: Original Study Source Type: research
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