Table 2.
Services accessed in two team-based palliative heart failure programs
| Bekelman 201139 |
Evangelista 201414 |
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|---|---|---|
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| Number of patients | 50 | 36 |
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| Study Type | Case Series | Descriptive Study |
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| Study Location | Aurora, CO | Irvine, CA |
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| Rate of Services Used | ||
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| Chaplain | – – | 45% |
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| Home Health | – – | 83% |
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| Hospice | 16% | 7% |
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| Neurology | 4% | – – |
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| Other | 10% | |
| Alternative Medicine | 2% | |
| Pain Clinic | 2% | – – |
| Pulmonary Clinic | 2% | |
| Speech Therapy | 2% | |
| Weight Loss Clinic | 2% | |
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| Palliative Care Specialist | 100% | 100% |
| Nurse Practitioner | – – | 83% |
| Physician | 27% | |
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| Pharmacist | – – | 100%* |
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| Physical & Occupational Therapy/Rehabilitation | 20% | 66% |
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| Psychiatry | 8% | 55% |
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| Psychology/Counseling | 4% | – – |
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| Social Work | 26% | 69% |
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| Support Groups | – – | 31% |
*
Mandatory referral
Data from Bekelman DB, Nowels CT, Allen LA, Shakar S, Kutner JS, Matlock DD. Outpatient palliative care for chronic heart failure: a case series. J Palliat Med. Jul 2011;14(7):815–821; and Evangelista LS, Liao S, Motie M, De Michelis N, Lombardo D. On-going palliative care enhances perceived control and patient activation and reduces symptom distress in patients with symptomatic heart failure: a pilot study. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. Apr 2014;13(2):116–123.