A Toolkit for Developing Palliative Care Programs in the

Patients dying in acute care often had very long lengths of stay. For example, of those patients eventually transferred to Palo Alto’s hospice, the average length of stay was 25 days prior to transfer and 19 days following transfer. The total cost of acute care prior to transfer was $21,000, dropping to $8,000 for their stay on hospice. ................
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