Methods: Secondary analysis of data from the 2007 NHHCS (n=3,918). Race/ethnicity included Hispanics/Latinos, Non-Hispanic Whites, African Americans, and other races. Length of hospice stay was measured by the number of days that patients received hospice care from hospice agencies. Results: ...
Objective: To determine whether hospice enrollment at the time of a terminal admission alters the length of stay (LOS) or costs compared with patients not enrolled in hospice. Methods: Retrospective chart review of all nontraumatic inpatient deaths of patients with a previous admission in the prece...
Hospice decreases the fear of dying alone, reduces the agony of death, and helps in maintaining dignity at the end of life. Physicians are encouraged to offer hospice to terminally ill patients early on in their end-of-life care to maximize these benefits. However, there is limited data on...
DESIGN: Oral hygiene assessment and chartconducted on a cross-section of NH residents. SETTING: NHs in North Carolina (N = 14). PARTICIPANTS: NH residents (N = 506). MEASUREMENTS: Descriptive data from the MDS and assessments using three standardized measures: the Plaque Index for Long-Term ...
“The finding supports the idea that much of the increases in hospice, especially the 30% of very short hospice use, may be as an ‘add-on’ to an otherwise high-intensity course of care.” Investigators analyzed data from Medicare claims for beneficiarie...
hospice patients by lifetime length of stay 2022 Premium Statistic Level of care for hospice patient care days in the U.S. 2015-2022 Deficiences 3 Basic Statistic Share of hospices that had a deficiency in the U.S. from 2012 to 2016 Premium Statistic Most common deficiencies among ...
That’s why many successful hospice providers use hospice documentation tools. These software solutions help the hospice ensure both the security and privacy of its data and the ease with which administrators and caregivers collaborate to provide high-quality patient care. ...
The data presented are numbers and percents by selected discharge characteristics. Length of service measures include average and median length of service and length of service intervals. There were 621,100 discharges from hospice care in 2000. The typical discharge was elderly, white, lived in a...
We abstracted data from the central administrative and clinical database of a hospice care provider. We analyzed the relationship between income and transfer from home before death using logistic regression adjusted for demographics, diagnosis, region, and length of stay. Level of hospice care was ...
Accordingly, we examined the association between hospice ownership and (1) the provision of community benefits, (2) the setting and timing of the hospice population served, and (3) community outreach. We used data from the National Hospice Survey, which is a survey of a random sample of hos...