Researchers said hospitalization costs for Medicaid patients with chronic illnesses such as metastatic cancer and HIV/AIDS were $4,098 lower for survivors who received palliative care and $7,563 lower for people who received palliative care and died in the hospital, compared with those who did not get palliative care. Palliative care gives emphasis to a patient's goals and helps eliminate treatment misutilization, said study co-author R. Sean Morrison. The Wall Street Journal/Health Blog (3/8)
An additional idea for Palliative care could definitely include alternative therapies:
Alternative healthcare options are emerging across the country. These options are in response to the limits faced by traditional medicine and the fact that the standard treatments are not meeting the needs of many patients. The pain experienced is unrelieved and many symptoms are unimproved. The aging population of baby boomers, the patients of today and the future are not finding satisfaction or relief through their over-crowded primary physicians’ offices.
More communities are searching for better health and relief of continuing symptoms not improved through traditional medicine, many centers offer the public options. Centers serve many of the community that no longer have faith in receiving only standard care, offering various alternative measures in addition to integrating these options with consideration of the current medical regimens of the clients. The center focuses on treating the body, mind, and spirit as a whole and teaching the public about such benefits. The different integrative care facilities will not only provide more options and services but will attract more of those individuals searching for better health. In addition, they will aid the same public in finding relief of failing organ syndromes. Many centers serve the public by offering options to multiple chronic pain issues and long-term disease symptoms, including arthritis, sinus, and various muscular and neurological ailments. This could expand to include, lung and heart diseases and many others.
This is another option for the many people who need chronic pain management and could also improve End-of-Life care...
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