Continuous Home Care Reduces Hospice Disenrollment and Hospitalization After Hospice Enrollment
Wang SY, Aldridge MD, Canavan M, Cherlin E, Bradley E. Continuous Home Care Reduces Hospice Disenrollment and Hospitalization After Hospice Enrollment. Journal Of Pain And Symptom Management 2016, 52: 813-821. PMID: 27697564, PMCID: PMC5154927, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.05.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospice disenrollmentHospice enrollmentPatient characteristicsContinuous home careCHC utilizationMinority of patientsHome careMore comorbiditiesMultivariable analysisMultivariable modelHospice carePatientsHospitalizationService MedicareHospice agenciesHospiceDisenrollmentExpensive careStudy periodCareEnrollmentAssociationComorbiditiesCancer