Palliative care hits a triple win: access, quality, and cost

Like the generation before them, an ever-increasing proportion of baby boomers in the United States have a chronic illness and often multiple chronic illnesses, using ever-increasing national healthcare resources. With the Triple Aim, Don Berwick's overarching goals to help guide positive trans...

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Published inHome healthcare nurse Vol. 32; no. 3; p. 183
Main Authors DiBello, Karol, Coyne, Noreen
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.03.2014
Subjects
Female
Health Services Accessibility
Home Care Services - economics
Home Care Services - standards
Humans
Male
Nurses, Community Health
Palliative Care - economics
Palliative Care - standards
Program Development
Program Evaluation
Social Work
United States
United States
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Summary:Like the generation before them, an ever-increasing proportion of baby boomers in the United States have a chronic illness and often multiple chronic illnesses, using ever-increasing national healthcare resources. With the Triple Aim, Don Berwick's overarching goals to help guide positive transformation to the healthcare system, palliative care can be seen as a valuable ally in the growing arsenal of models of care aimed at addressing the nation's needs. The SPARK Program, the palliative care management program of a large home care agency in a metropolitan area, was created to address the needs of patients with chronic serious illness and palliative care needs.
ISSN:1539-0713
DOI:10.1097/NHH.0000000000000026