Changing The Conversation In California About Care Near The End Of Life

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Research Article Health AffairsVol. 30, No. 3: Profiles Of Innovation In Health Care Delivery INNOVATION PROFILEChanging The Conversation In California About Care Near The End Of LifeHarris Meyer Affiliations Harris Meyer is a freelance writer based in Yakima, Washington. PUBLISHED:March 2011No Accesshttps://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0082AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextView PDFPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions View articleTOPICSHospicePatient satisfactionHome careMedicare home health servicesCost reductionAdvance health care directivesPatient careHospital costsNursesEnd of life care Loading Comments... Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. DetailsExhibitsReferencesRelated Article MetricsCitations: Crossref 15 History Published online 1 March 2011 Information Project HOPE—The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This paper was commissioned by Health Affairs and is based partly on a presentation by Brad Stuart, Sutter VNA and Hospice, that was delivered at a Health Affairs conference, Innovations across the Nation in Health Care Delivery, December 16, 2010, in Washington, D.C. For a copy of the agenda and a full list of conference sponsors, please visit http://www.healthaffairs.org/issue_briefings/2010_12_16_innovations_across_the_nation_in_health_care_delivery/2010_12_16_innovations_across_the_nation_in_health_care_delivery.php . PDF downloadCited byEvaluation of a Home-Based, Nurse Practitioner–led Advanced Illness Care ProgramJournal of the American Medical Directors Association, Vol. 22, No. 11Characteristics, Mortality Rates, and Treatments Received in Last Few Days of Life for Patients Dying in Intensive Care Units: A Multicenter Study29 January 2020 | American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Vol. 37, No. 10Project Five Wishes: promoting advance directives in primary care1 October 2020 | Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Vol. 32, No. 10American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book, No. 40Quality of Life for Late Life Patients: Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Whole-Person Approach for Patients With Chronic Illnesses10 October 2017 | Journal of Applied Gerontology, Vol. 38, No. 7Scalable principles of community-based high-value care for seriously ill individuals: Diamonds in the roughHealthcare, Vol. 5, No. 1-2The Impact of a Home-Based Palliative Care Program in an Accountable Care OrganizationJournal of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 20, No. 1The Business Case for Palliative Care: Translating Research Into Program Development in the U.S.Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Vol. 50, No. 6The Growth of Palliative Care in the United StatesAnnual Review of Public Health, Vol. 35, No. 1Patterns of Hospice Use in Patients Dying from Hematologic MalignanciesJournal of Palliative Medicine, Vol. 17, No. 2The “Good Planning Panel”10 July 2013 | Hastings Center Report, Vol. 43, No. 4Models of palliative care delivery in the United StatesCurrent Opinion in Supportive & Palliative Care, Vol. 7, No. 2What Are the Arguments That Show Outpatient Palliative Care Is Beneficial to Medical Systems?Dignity-Driven Decision Making: A Compelling Strategy For Improving Care For People With Advanced IllnessBruce C. Vladeck and Erin Westphal2 August 2017 | Health Affairs, Vol. 31, No. 6Nursing Priorities, Actions, and Regrets for Ethical Situations in Clinical Practice18 October 2011 | Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Vol. 43, No. 4