Hospice Care Experiences Among Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Little is known about the current quality of care for hospice cancer patients and how it varies across hospice programs in the USA.

Objective

To examine hospice care experiences among decedents with a primary cancer diagnosis and their family caregivers, comparing quality across settings of hospice care.

Design

We analyzed data from the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Hospice Survey (32% response rate). Top-box outcomes (0-100) were calculated overall and by care setting, adjusting for survey mode and patient case mix.

Participants

Two hundred seventeen thousand five hundred ninety-six caregiver respondents whose family member had a primary cancer diagnosis and died in 2017 or 2018 while receiving hospice care from 2,890 hospi

SUBMITTER: Parast L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8042100 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature