Survival of Medicare Patients after Enrollment in Hospice Programs
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- 18 July 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 335 (3) , 172-178
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199607183350306
Abstract
Each year more than 220,000 Medicare beneficiaries receive care from hospice programs designed to enhance the quality of the end of life. Enrollment requires certification by a physician that the patient has a life expectancy of less than six months. We examined how long before death patients enrolled in hospice programs.Keywords
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