Impact of a Centralized Inpatient Hospice Unit in an Academic Medical Center

Briana J. Jegier; Sean O’Mahony; Julie Johnson; Rita Flaska; Anthony Perry; Mary Runge; Teri Sommerfeld

doi:10.1177/1049909115599157

Impact of a Centralized Inpatient Hospice Unit in an Academic Medical Center

Briana J. Jegier, Sean O’Mahony, Julie Johnson, Rita Flaska, Anthony Perry, Mary Runge, Teri Sommerfeld

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Objective: Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) and Horizon Hospice opened the first centralized inpatient hospice unit (CIPU) in a Chicago academic medical center in 2012. This study examined if there was a difference in cost or length of stay (LOS) in a CIPU compared to hospice care in scattered beds throughout RUMC. Study Design and Methods: This retrospective, cross-sectional study compared cost and LOS for patients admitted to the CIPU (n = 141) and those admitted to hospice scattered beds (SBM) throughout RUMC (n = 56). Results: The CIPU patients had a median LOS of 6.0 days versus 2.0 days for SBM patients. Conclusions: The CIPU patients had longer hospice LOS but lower hospital costs. Academic medical centers may benefit from aggregating hospice beds.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	755-759
Number of pages	5
Journal	American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Volume	33
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1049909115599157
State	Published - Sep 1 2016
Externally published	Yes

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academic hospital
costs
inpatient hospice unit

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