title: Palliative care programs: what, why, and how?
abstract: Establishing a palliative care service can improve patient care and ease family concerns for patients who are hopelessly ill. For the hospital, such services can improve utilization outcomes. Take a closer look at a palliative care service operating for nearly five years at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.
authors.affiliation: Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, N.Y., USA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Meier
mesh_terms: D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration; D006752:Hospital Planning; D006786:Hospitals, Urban / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D017146:Models, Organizational; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009519:New York City; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010934:Planning Techniques; D016730:Program Development; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000458:organization & administration*