The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) has released a report, "Mapping Community Palliative Care: A Snapshot," that provides the first scan of community palliative care programs in the United States.
CAPC began a three-year project in 2016 to identify community palliative care programs nationwide using a multipronged approach that included outreach to hospitals, hospices, home health agencies, long-term care facilities, physician groups, and other health care organizations. These organizations were invited to complete a short online survey about their community palliative care.
The resulting data, although likely to be an underrepresentation, offer insights as to what types of organizations are developing community palliative care capacity, what settings of care are being served, and the ages of patients being cared for.
For more information and to download the report, click here.
To map your community palliative care program, click here.
