Reduction of healthcare costs by implementing palliative family conference with the decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatments
Background: Evidence regarding the impact of early palliative family conferences (PFCs) and decision to withdraw life-sustaining treatment (DTW) on healthcare costs in an intensive care unit (ICU) setting is inconsistent. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed patients who died in an ICU from 2013 to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of the Formosan Medical Association |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664618306776 |