2011 | Lee, Arkansas | Hospice use
Summary Information
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| Years of Data Used: | n/a |
The hospice use measure represents the percent of chronically ill Medicare patients who enrolled in hospice care in the last six months of life.
Estimates of hospice use were calculated by the authors of the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care using Medicare claims data for the years 2001–2005.
There is wide consensus that hospice services provide superior comprehensive end-of-life care for individuals than care in an institution.
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| % Hospice Use | Percent of Chronically Ill Medicare enrollees admitted to hospice in last 6 months of life |
| Error Margin | 95% confidence interval reported by Dartmouth Institute |
| Place | % Hospice Use | Error Margin |
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