Quality of Hospice Care at Home Versus in an Assisted Living Facility or Nursing Home.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:To describe differences in perceived quality of hospice care for individuals living at home or in a nursing home (NH) or assisted living facility (ALF) through analysis of after-death surveys of family members. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study using hospice medical record data and Family Evaluation of Hospice Care (FEHC) survey data. SETTING:Large, national hospice provider. PARTICIPANTS:Individuals who died while receiving routine hospice care and family caregivers who completed after-death quality-of-care surveys. MEASUREMENTS:Survey results for 7,510 individuals were analyzed using analysis of variance and chi-square tests. Logistic regression was used to assess relationship between location of care and overall service quality. RESULTS:The overall survey response rate was 27

SUBMITTER: Unroe KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6034702 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature