In writing the ELD rule, the FMCSA is aware of the cost burden it could be putting on fleets. While it recognizes thereâs a net-benefit from the paperwork savings alone, it doesnât want to saddle drivers and fleets with trucking technology that isnât affordable.
â¢ The estimated cost for a day of community care at the end of life is Â£145. compared with the cost of Â£425 for a specialist palliative in-patient bed day in. hospital. Changing the setting of care for a patient at the end of life has the. potential to reduce the daily cost of care by Â£280. â¢ Between 355,000 and 457,000 patients need palliative care every year. If additional. community services were developed to enable even 30,000 patients to reduce their.
1 T he cost of providing palliative care in the last month of a patientâs life averages about: 2  $1,100 per day in an acute-care hospital bed. 3  $630 to $770 per day in a bed in a palliative-care unit. 4  $460 per day in a hospice bed.5  under $100 per day where at-home care is provided. (AG Report 2014). 2  T he cost of providing palliative care in the last month of a patientâs life averages about: 3  $1,100 per day in an acute-care hospital bed. 4  $630 to $770 per day in a bed in a palliative-care unit.