Symptom Burden and Palliative Care Needs among High Risk Veterans with Multi-morbidity

Palliative care research has largely focused on patients with disease specific conditions such as advanced cancer, cardiac or pulmonary diseases. As patients age, however, they often develop chronic conditions that may lead to decreases in health-related quality of life or symptoms such as pain and dyspnea. As the population ages, the prevalence of patients with multi-morbidity also increases 1 but these patients may not be identified as having palliative care needs.

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