Hospice Access and Scope of Services for Undocumented Immigrants: A Clinician Survey.

ABSTRACT: Objectives: To characterize clinician experiences of hospice access and scope of services for undocumented immigrants. Background: The 10.5 million undocumented immigrants in the United States are not covered by Medicare's hospice benefit and are at high risk for being uninsured. Limited data are available regarding hospice services for this population. Setting/Subjects: Two hundred ninety-four interdisciplinary palliative care clinicians from across the United States. Measurements: Participants completed a web-based survey regarding hospice access and scope of services for undocumented immigrants in their location. We used simple frequencies to report clinician responses and chi-square analysis to evaluate associations between respon

SUBMITTER: Gray NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9536342 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature