Models of palliative care delivery in the United States : Current Opinion in Supportive and
Palliative Care Models of palliative care delivery in the United States : Current Opinion in …

THE USE OF OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH METHODS in the field of palliative care is vital
to building the evidence base, identifying best practices, and understanding disparities in …

Now in its fourth edition, The Economics of Health Reconsidered presents an argument that
still holds true: despite assertions to the contrary, neither economic theory nor evidence …

The aim of this article was to review the ethical debate concerning palliative sedation.
Although recent guidelines articulate the differences between palliative sedation and …

Context Medicare's per diem payment structure may create financial incentives to select
patients who require less resource-intensive care and have longer hospice stays. For-profit …

Background: Despite a 41% increase in the number of hospices since 2000, more than 60%
of Americans die without hospice care. Given that hospice care is predominantly home …

To address job satisfaction, and therefore employment retention, of hospice social workers,
this study examined how relationships with other members of the interdisciplinary hospice …

Importance Expansive growth in the US hospice market has been driven almost exclusively
by an increase in for-profit hospices. Prior research found that, in contrast to not-for-profit …

Methods| We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of administrative claims data from a
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan–funded statewide collaborative quality initiative to …

For-profit, or proprietary, home health agencies were banned from Medicare until 1980 but
now account for a majority of the agencies that provide such services. Medicare home health …