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where does hospice fit in the continuum of care?

April 26, 2017biotechnology center continuum fit hospice National NCBI PubMed

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where does hospice fit in the continuum of care?

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OBJECTIVES: To evaluate selected hospice admission practices that could represent barriers to hospice use and the association between these admission practices and organizational characteristics. DESIGN: From December 1999 to March 2000, hospices were surveyed about selected admission practices, and their responses were linked to the 1999 California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development’s Home and Hospice Care Survey that describes organizational characteristics of California hospices. SETTING: California statewide. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred of 149 (67%) operational licensed hospices. MEASUREMENTS: Whether hospices admit patients who lack a caregiver; would not forgo hospital admissions; or are receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN), tube feedings, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or transfusions. RESULTS: Sixty-three percent of hospices restricted admission on at least one criterion. A significant minority of hospices would not admit patients lacking a caregiver (26%). Pa