title: Financing palliative care.
abstract: Palliative care services are financed by a combination of revenue from a variety of sources: hospital, nursing home, hospice, and physician. Cost avoidance is calculated based on the patterns of care of the patients seen compared with control patients. Most programs also use grants and philanthropy as part of their "mix."
authors.affiliation: Center for Palliative Studies, San Diego Hospice & Palliative Care, 4311 Third Avenue, San Diego, CA 92103, USA. cvongunten@sdhospice.org
authors.forename: Charles F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: von Gunten
mesh_terms: D017051:Hospice Care / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000191:economics*; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D014481:United States