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Palliative Care Consultations: An Answer to Medicaid's Woes

Posted on March 14, 2011
Eric Widera, Geriatric and Palliative Care Blogger summarizes the study that appeared in the March 2011 edition of Health Affairs. The study found hospital palliative care consultation teams effectively reduced hospital costs for Medicaid patients in New York State.
Read the abstract of the study