title: Palliative care and the search for value in health reform.
abstract: Improving value in health care is of paramount importance, and doing so will require focus on both the costs and benefits of care. Palliative care addresses symptoms of disease regardless of prognosis, helps patients clarify their goals of care, and is key in improving value in the health care system.
authors: Duke Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, 112 Rubenstein Hall, Durham, NC, USA. don.taylor@duke.edu
authors: Donald H
authors: DH
authors: Taylor
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D009657:North Carolina; D010166:Palliative Care; D057240:Patient Preference; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D011788:Quality of Life; D014481:United States; D014495:Universities