Study: Hospice Use by Medicare Patients Nearly Doubles Over 10 Years

Medicare patients’ use of hospice at the time of death nearly doubled from 2000 to 2009, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Researchers studied the change in site of death, place of care and healthcare transitions from 2000 to 2005 to 2009.

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