Patient-reported outcomes in patients enrolled at Pain Control Center Hospice of Solofra (Italy): A management model.

2016 
e266 Background: The Pain Control Center of Solofra (Italy) is managed with a mixed public / private using the funds provided by Law 39/1999 of the Italian Republic for the establishment of the hospice. The daily rate for each resident is € 281.09 and is paid entirely by the national health system. We have evaluated the treatment procedures and the clinical outcome on 282 consecutive patients enrolled from December 2012 to May 2015 at “Pain Control Center” of the Hospice. Methods: The following characteristics have been evaluated: patient gender, mean hospitalization time, differentiation between patients (pts) with and without cancer , tumor type, medical weapon use, venous access type, parenteral feeding, transfer in intensive care units, pain killer use. Results: 282/164 pt males 282/118 females, mean age 72.04 yr (range 18-92 yr, mean hospitalization time 38 days), 205/282 pt (72.69%) had tumor diseases and 77/282 pt (27.31%) non cancer diseases. % Types of cancer: lung 20, colorectal 13.6, breast 7.7...
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