Variation in Hospice Experiences by Care Setting for Patients With Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Use of hospice care among patients with dementia has been steadily increasing. Our objectives were to characterize quality of hospice care experiences among decedents who had a primary diagnosis of dementia and their caregivers and investigate differences across settings of hospice care.

Design

We analyzed Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospice Survey data from caregiver respondents whose family members received hospice care.

Setting and participants

Data from 96,845 caregiver respondents whose family members had a primary diagnosis of dementia and died in 2017 or 2018 while receiving hospice care in 2829 hospices.

Methods

We calculated quality measure scores overall and stratified by setting, adjusting for mode of su

SUBMITTER: Parast L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10372780 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature