Effect of pediatric palliative care programs on health care resource utilization and costs among children with life-threatening conditions: a systematic review of comparative studies

Tania Conte; Craig Mitton; Logan M. Trenaman; Negar Chavoshi; Harold Siden

doi:10.9778/cmajo.20140044

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Effect of pediatric palliative care programs on health care resource utilization and costs among children with life-threatening conditions: a systematic review of comparative studies

Tania Conte, Craig Mitton, Logan M. Trenaman, Negar Chavoshi and Harold Siden

February 27, 2015 3 (1) E68-E75; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20140044

Tania Conte

1School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

2Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver, BC

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Craig Mitton

1School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

2Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver, BC

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Logan M. Trenaman

1School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

2Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation, Vancouver, BC

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Negar Chavoshi

1School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

3Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, Vancouver, BC

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Harold Siden

3Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, Vancouver, BC

4Child and Family Research Institute, Vancouver, BC

5Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

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Effect of pediatric palliative care programs on health care resource utilization and costs among children with life-threatening conditions: a systematic review of comparative studies

Tania Conte, Craig Mitton, Logan M. Trenaman, Negar Chavoshi, Harold Siden

Jan 2015, 3 (1) E68-E75; DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20140044

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Effect of pediatric palliative care programs on health care resource utilization and costs among children with life-threatening conditions: a systematic review of comparative studies