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Palliative Care Summary

PHC/SJHC/SMH: Specialized, compassionate care that addresses the physical, emotional,
spiritual and practical needs of people experiencing the end stage symptoms of a terminal illness.
Our goals in caring for a person with a terminal illness and his/her family are to maintain comfort,
foster dignity and offer support.

Structure Finance Performance & Quality

• PHC has a standalone program; • No market share data • As a proportion of hospital
in addition to having the largest activity, Palliative comprises of
available beds for palliative care. 11% of Providence’s Rehab and
• SMH and SJHC have only CCC volumes (300 cases in FY
inpatient palliative activity which 20916/17). The volume for this
falls almost entirely under population increased by 15%
Palliative Care (HIG #810) (the share increased by 1%) over
the last 3 years.
• Most Palliative CCC cases have
cancer as one of the diagnosis
and end stage disease.
• Patients stay an average of 13
days at SJHC and 20 days at
SMH.

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