Racial and Ethnic Differences in Hospice Use Among Medicaid-Only and Dual-Eligible Decedents.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Hospice care enhances quality of life for people with terminal illness and is most beneficial with longer length of stay (LOS). Most hospice research focuses on the Medicare-insured population. Little is known about hospice use for the racially and ethnically diverse, low-income Medicaid population.

Objective

To compare hospice use and hospice LOS by race and ethnicity among Medicaid-only individuals and those with dual eligibility for Medicare and Medicaid (duals) in the Connecticut Medicaid program who died over a 4-year period.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective population-based cohort study used Medicaid and traditional Medicare enrollment and claims data for 2015 to 2020. The study included Connecticut Medicaid recipients with at leas

SUBMITTER: Robison J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10709774 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature