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Article: Duke University study finds hospice care reduces Medicare costs.(HEALTH CARE)(Brief article)
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- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- November 26, 2007
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The results of a study conducted by Duke University show that hospice care saved Medicare nearly $2,500 per patient.
Information for the study was taken from a 10-year period beginning in 1993.
Laurel Herbst, vice president of medical affairs at San Diego Hospice & Palliative Care, called the study "exciting" because it represented the economic pluses of hospice care.
For short-stay patients, it's always "been a no-brainer" in terms of economic return, she said, but the opinion on long-term hospice care, especially from the results of other studies, wasn't as clear about whether or not it was cost-effective.
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