… effects of hospice enrollment on Medicare program expenditures in … use decedents while
estimating mean effects in the original dollar scale. Adjusted mean ratios for Medicare program …

… Hospice use reduced Medicare program expenditures during the last year of life by an … of
$2309 per hospice user; expenditures after initiation of hospice were $7318 for hospice users …

… Many prior studies assess Medicare service utilization and … to hospice use, and many
but not all show that hospice use is associated with reductions in hospital use and Medicare …

… We developed three measures of the use of resources before admission to the hospice: the
… hospice providers: the number of years the program had been in operation as a Medicare …

… hospice disenrollment and health care use and Medicare … ) –Medicare data to identify
individuals who used hospice and … and per-day Medicare expenditures from hospice enrollment to …

… provided by the patient’s hospice program as related to palliation of the … use, particularly
in the terminally ill population. Fifth, this study took place largely before the Medicare program …

… in hospice use related to hospice for-profit status exist among the racial/ethnic minority
Medicare … CMS and state policymakers should consider lower racial/ethnic minority hospice …

… Study Design: One-year study of hospice use by Medicare beneficiaries … hospice use in
general (FFS and MC combined) showed significant geographic variation in rates of hospice use. …

… Hospice uses a holistic approach for the harmony of mind, body, and spirit to maintain life with
… , family, and the hospice program are required to meet a number of conditions for hospice …

… With increasing use of the Medicare hospice benefit, policymakers recognize the need for
quality measurement to assure that terminally ill patients receive high-quality care and have …