Treatment goals indicate palliative care hospital costs: a longitudinal economic study
Based on distinct treatment goals, care types provide an important yet - until now - missing explanatory framework for clustering hospital costs of specialist palliative care. Patients hospitalised in specialist palliative care units clearly differ regarding costs and cost categories, depending on care type.
Authors
- Maud Maessen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5439-9948)
- Steffen Eychmüller
- Odile Stalder (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5563-2975)
- Matthias Schwenkglenks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7217-1173)
- Monika Hagemann
- Barbara Janina Kidszun
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- University of Basel (CH)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Swiss Medical Weekly
- Published
- 2025-05-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.57187/s.4132
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Swiss Cancer Research Foundation