Community-based pediatric palliative care for health related quality of life, hospital utilization and costs lessons learned from a pilot study

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[2] Larson J(2014)Pediatric hospital care for children with life-threatening illness and the role of palliative care Pediatr Clin North Am 61 719-33

[3] Scofield S(2014)Exposure to home-based pediatric palliative and hospice care and its impact on hospital and emergency care charges at a single institution J Palliat Med 17 183-8

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[10] Nugent S(2005)Technology-dependency among patients discharged from a children’s hospital: a retrospective cohort study BMC Pediatr 5 8-74

[1] Contro N(2002)Family perspectives on the quality of pediatric palliative care Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 156 14-9

[2] Larson J(2014)Pediatric hospital care for children with life-threatening illness and the role of palliative care Pediatr Clin North Am 61 719-33

[3] Scofield S(2014)Exposure to home-based pediatric palliative and hospice care and its impact on hospital and emergency care charges at a single institution J Palliat Med 17 183-8

[4] Sourkes B(2015)Effect of pediatric palliative care programs on health care resource utilization and costs among children with life-threatening conditions: a systematic review of comparative studies CMAJ Open 3 E68-75

[5] Bogetz JF(2011)Children with medical complexity: an emerging population for clinical and research initiatives Pediatrics 127 529-38

[6] Ullrich CK(2010)Children with complex chronic conditions in inpatient hospital settings in the United States Pediatrics 126 647-55

[7] Berry JG(2014)Children with medical complexity and medicaid: spending and cost savings Health Aff (Millwood) 33 2199-206

[8] Postier A(2014)Effect of an enhanced medical home on serious illness and cost of care among high-risk children with chronic illness: a randomized clinical trial JAMA 312 2640-8

[9] Chrastek J(2014)Palliative care is critical to the changing face of child mortality and morbidity in the United States Clin Pediatr (Phila) 53 1030-1

[10] Nugent S(2005)Technology-dependency among patients discharged from a children’s hospital: a retrospective cohort study BMC Pediatr 5 8-74