Community-based pediatric palliative care for health related quality of life, hospital utilization and costs lessons learned from a pilot study

Table 4 Comparison of hospital utilization and costs: before and after pediatric palliative care, PedsCare clients only

Community PedsCare pediatric client	Before pediatric palliative care		After pediatric palliative care		P-value*
Community PedsCare pediatric client	N = 40		N = 40		P-value*
Cost and utilization findings	Mean	Standard error	Mean	Standard error
Length of Stay (Days/Quarter)	2.92	.94	1.22	.39	0.03
Total Diagnostic Charges/Quarter	$2,125.30	918.44	$1,078.28	430.11	0.13
Total Charges/Quarter	$7,866.59	2,347.31	$6,663.52	2,785.22	0.34

*Paired One tailed T-test -Before and After Community PedsCare
Data Source: Baptist Health System: Baptist Medical Center Downtown
Prepared by Duval County Health Department, Institute for Health, Policy, and Evaluation Research

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