A Comparative Study of Terminally Ill Hospice and Hospital Patients
- 1 May 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
- Vol. 16 (3) , 225-232
- https://doi.org/10.2190/bqwl-b4y8-e1yx-4a12
Abstract
This study investigated differences between twenty-eight hospice and twenty-eight hospital patients who died within a specified time period in one county of Northeastern Ohio. The comparison found that hospice patients were younger, had more people living in the home, and had a shorter disease history. Age, the number of people living in the home, and primary cancer site significantly discriminated between the hospice and hospital patients and predicted group membership with a 76.8 percent overall accuracy rate.Keywords
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