Economic Implications of Alternative Sites of Death and Sites of Care in Ontario Palliative Care Recipients
Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Introduction: This study compared societal costs of care between two settings of palliative care delivery and death (home versus hospital) in an integrated palliative care program in Toronto. \n\nMethods: 186 terminal cancer patients participated in the study. Total societal cost of end-of-life care was compared between patients who died in the home and patients who died in the hospital. Total societal cost of end-of-life care was modeled as a function of the number of days the patients spent at home during the palliative trajectory. \n\nResults: There was no statistically significant difference in total cost of end-of-life care between home death and hospital death patients (p>0.05). Furthermore, an additional day the patient spent at home led to a significant increase in the total cost of end-of-life care (p<0.05).\n\nConclusion: The results demonstrated that from a societal perspective, providing palliative care under an integrated palliative care program at home may be just as expensive (if not more expensive) as caring for them in the hospital.
Source: TSpace (University of Toronto)
Author: Mo Yu
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2625245533