University of Tennessee Reports Findings in Hospice and Palliative Care (Patterns of Health Care Services During Pediatric Concurrent Hospice Care: a National Study)

2021 JUN 24 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators publish new report on Hospice and Palliative Care. According to news reporting from Knoxville, Tennessee, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “Children at end of life have unique and complex care needs. Although there is increasing evidence about pediatric concurrent hospice care, the health care services received while in hospice have not received sufficient attention.”

Financial support for this research came from NIH National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR).

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of Tennessee, “To examine the health care services, unique clusters of health care services, and characteristics of the children in the clusters. Multiple data sources were used including national Medicaid claims data. Children under 21years in pediatric concurrent hospice care were included. Using Medicaid categories assigned to claims, health care services were distributed across 20 categories. Latent class analysis was used to identify clusters of health care services. Demographic profiles of the clusters were created. The 6,243 children in the study generated approximately 500,0000 non-hospice, health care service claims while enrolled in hospice care. We identified 3 unique classes of health care services use: low (61.1%), moderate (18.1%), and high (20.8%) intensity. The children in the 3 classes exhibited unique demographic profiles. Health care services cluster together in unique fashion with distinct patterns among children in concurrent hospice care. The findings suggest that concurrent hospice care is not a 1-size-fit all solution for children.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Concurrent hospice care may be customized and require attention to care coordination to ensure high-quality care.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Patterns of Health Care Services During Pediatric Concurrent Hospice Care: a National Study. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, 2021. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine® can be contacted at: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Lisa C. Lindley, University of Tennessee, College of Nursing, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States. Additional authors for this research include Radion Svynarenko, Kim Mooney-Doyle, Annette Mendola, Wendy C. Naumann and Jessica Keim-Malpass.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/10499091211018661. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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