title: Hospice. Can it work within managed care?
abstract: Managed care organizations often are unaware of the services that are unique to hospice--for example, the contribution of volunteers, the need to enroll patients at an appropriate stage in their illness, and the potential cost savings of dying at home rather than in the hospital. Hospices need to undertake educational campaigns to help ensure their inclusion in a managed care system.
authors.affiliation: DHT/Torrance Memorial Home Health and Hospice, Torrance, CA, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lemkin
mesh_terms: D002140:California; D017046:Cost Savings; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008329:Managed Care Programs / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'