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Multidisciplinary Inpatient Palliative Care Intervention

NCT00325611 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 550

Last updated 2006-05-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Palliative care is believed to improve care of patients with life-limiting illnesses. This study evaluated the impact of a multi-center randomized trial of a palliative care team intervention on the quality and cost of care of hospitalized patients. Study subjects were randomized to intervention or usual care. At study end, patients receiving the palliative care intervention reported greater patient satisfaction with their care. Intervention patients also had significantly fewer ICU admissions and lower total costs for care 6 months past their hospitalization. Intervention patients completed more advance directives and had longer hospice stays.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Multidisciplinary palliative care team met with patient

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Garfield Memorial Fund

    collaborator OTHER

  • Kaiser Permanente

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ingrid M Venohr, RN, PhD · Kaiser Permanente

  • Douglas A Conner, PhD · Kaiser Permanente Northwest Region

  • Marcia Liberson, MSW,MPH · Kaiser-Permanente Northwest Region

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-04-30
Completion
2004-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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