136th APHA Annual Meeting (October 25-29, 2008): Palliative Care Policy Implications for Children with Special Needs

Tuesday, October 28, 2008: 9:20 AM

William Livingood, PhD , Institute for Health, Policy and Evaluation Research & COM_Jacksonville, Pediatrics Department, Duval County Health Department & Univ of Florida, Jacksonville, FL

Kimberly L. Pierce, MPH , Institute for Health, Policy, and Evaluation Research, Duval County Health Department, Jacksonville, FL

Thomas Bryant III, MSW , Institute for Health, Policy and Evaluation Research, Duval County Health Department, Jacksonville, FL

Kelly Komatz, MPH MD , Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL

Jeffrey Goldhagen, MD, MPH , Department of Pediatrics, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL

Learning Objectives:
1. Distinguish palliative care from hospice care 2. Describe approaches to measuring palliative care outcomes, 3. Discuss implications of palliative care evaluation results for program and policy development.

Keywords: Children With Special Needs, Outcomes Research

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Principal Investigator for Evaluation Study
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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