For-profit hospice patients more likely to require lower skilled-care needs, longer lengths of stay
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 11:50
in Health & Medicine
An examination of data from a nationally representative sample of patients discharged from hospices demonstrated that compared with nonprofit hospice agencies, for-profit hospices had a higher percentage of patients with diagnoses associated with lower skilled-care needs (such as dementia) and longer lengths of stay, according to a study in the February 2 issue of JAMA...