Open AccessHospice Use Among Patients with Heart Failure
Author(s) -
Sarah H. Cross,
Arif H. Kamal,
Donald H. Taylor,
Haider J. Warraich
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cardiac failure review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2057-7559
pISSN - 2057-7540
DOI - 10.15420/cfr.2019.2.2
Subject(s) - heart failure , medicine , hospice care , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , nursing , palliative care
Despite its many benefits, hospice care is underused for patients with heart failure. This paper discusses the factors contributing to this underuse and offers recommendations to optimise use for patients with heart failure and proposes metrics to optimise quality of hospice care for this patient group.