Transitions Between Healthcare Settings of Hospice Enrollees at the End of Life.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To characterize the number and types of care transitions in the last 6 months of life of individuals who used hospice and to examine factors associated with having multiple transitions in care.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

One hundred percent fee-for-service Medicare decedent claims data.

Participants

Medicare beneficiaries aged 66 and older who died between July 1, 2011, and December 31, 2011, and were enrolled in hospice at some time during the last 6 months of life.

Measurements

Hierarchical generalized linear modeling was used to identify individual, hospice, and regional factors associated with transitions. The sequence of transitions across healthcare settings was described. Healthcare transitions after hospice enrollment i

SUBMITTER: Wang SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4762182 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature