Home-Based Palliative Care: Toward a Balanced Care Design.

Palliative care for seriously ill adults is spreading rapidly, giving rise to a fast-growing business sector: the home-based palliative care (HBPC) industry. These programs offer services common to most palliative care programs; what distinguishes them is that services are delivered to patients in their homes. Research shows these programs hold promise for improving patient outcomes at lower cost than usual care.