Inpatient palliative care and healthcare utilization among older patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD) and high risk of mortality in U.S. hospitals
05/11/24 at 03:00 AM
Inpatient palliative care and healthcare utilization among older patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia (ADRD) and high risk of mortality in U.S. hospitals
American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care; by Zhigang Xie, Guanming Chen, Oluwadamilola T Oladeru, Hanadi Y Hamadi, Lucinda Montgomery, Maisha T Robinson, Young-Rock Hong; 5/24
PC substantially reduced hospital expenditures for older patients with ADRD-HRM, but the prevalence remained low at 14.6% in the study period. Future studies should explore the unmet needs of patients with lower sociodemographic status and those in rural hospitals to further increase their PC consultation utilization.