… -level variation in patterns of end-of-life care using data from … only overall hospice use but
also the length of hospice use, … of life may be associated with increased very short hospice use. …

… -of-life care, our findings suggest that examining only the percentage of decedents who
use hospice may mask important aspects of care at the end of life. …

… outcomes at the end of life. … hospice practices and hospitalization following hospice
enrollment. Using data from the National Hospice Survey, we measured the reported use of hospice …

… Our assumption that hospice use did not affect the length of life is supported by prior … that
hospice use likely does not decrease length of life and may even increase life expectancy from …

… We used the SEER-Medicare linked database to estimate factors that predict hospice use
and aggressive end-of-life treatment receipt among patients with esophageal cancer. The …

… We estimated hospice use by region and describe the characteristics of hospice users and
how they have changed during the past decade. We determined the prevalence of hospice …

… for known predictors of hospice use, poor spousal health and lower educational attainment
would independently predict lower likelihood of hospice enrollment at the end of life. …

… hospice routinely to residents who are near the end of life.” Tendency to hospitalize was
measured using response to statement “Residents at the end of life … model with hospice use as …

… hospice use and other measures of end-of-life treatment intensity within the last 6 months of
life… We focused on hospice use of 3 or more days as our primary measure to avoid capturing …

… National Hospice Outcomes Project, a large prospective cohort study involving 13 US hospice
… In a hospice population, survival is influenced by complex factors, many of which may not …