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Jan 1, 2004
Enrollment reduces the cost of the Medicare programs, but estimates of effects are dated, methodologically limited, and focused on persons with cancer
The authors summarize the relevant parts of each Democratic presidential candidates platform, along with President Bushs stance.
Studies have confirmed ethnic disparities in the use of hospice services and identified barriers that minorities face in accessing care.
Jan 1, 2003
Many deaths occur among persons without insurance coverage for hospice care.
Jan 1, 2002
To evaluate the relationship of hospice profit status to patient selection and service delivery.
Jan 1, 2001
The case story of a 47-year-old man with advanced rectal carcinoma illustrates the professional services and care system strategies available.
Jan 1, 2000
Satisfaction scores suggest the need for improvement in end-of-life care, especially in communication and decision-making.
Few studies describe the end of life in very old people.
Jan 1, 1998
Using the 1992 National Home and Hospice Care Survey, a representative survey of home and hospice care agencies and their patients, the authors investigated charge and payment differentials for home health services across different payors.
Jan 1, 1996
Each year more than 220,000 Medicare beneficiaries receive care from hospice programs designed to enhance the quality of the end of life.
Jan 1, 1984
Terminally ill cancer patients at a Veterans Administration hospital were randomly assigned to receive hospice or conventional care.
