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Publication Date: February 2003
Publisher: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Author(s): L.K. Fleisher; B.J. Austin
Research Area: Health
Type: Report
Abstract:
This report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Changes in Health Care Financing and Organization Initiative explores key findings from a conference on end-of-life care financing.
The report:
* outlines current financing systems for end-of-life care, including Hospice, Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance and summarizes the challenges facing each of these systems;
* suggests reform of financial incentives for physicians and hospitals to focus on palliative care as well as aggressive inpatient treatment; and
* profiles innovative end-of-life care models, including Blue Cross & Blue Shield programs and the Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE).