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Pain and other symptoms
Palliative care for cancer patients
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ECONOMIC COST OF SPECIALIZED PALLIATIVE CARE
Authors (max 6, presenting author included): Camilla Zimmermann
The perceived high costs of care at the end of life in developed countries, together with an agingpopulation, have led to a desire to increase the efficiency and cost effectiveness of end-of-life careSpecialized palliative care has been proposed as a potential means to reduce costs at the end oflife. Evidence for cost savings in palliative care has been shown in non-randomized studies, butmost randomized studies have not shown such a benefit. However, the latter studies have mostly
been conducted in the United States and also did not define or quantify cost effectiveness. Thissession will review and critically examine the evidence for cost savings of specialized palliativecare, and provide a framework for the analysis of cost effectiveness acccording to establishedstandards. Studies evaluating the cost of palliative care need to take into account the nonmedicalcosts of the patient, as well as the substantial costs that can be incurred by the family and
caregivers due to lost work hours and morbidity. In order to reach meaningful conclusions basedon economic analyses, international differences in health care systems also need to be taken intoaccount, as do regional differences in models and standards of specialized palliative care
Session: Education & Research in Palliative care
Chair of the session: Dott. Franco Toscani
Antea Worldwide Palliative Care Conference
Rome, 12-14 November 2008
Camilla Zimmermann
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