2011 | Pendleton, West Virginia | Hospice use

Summary Information

Range in West Virginia (Min-Max):
Overall in West Virginia:
Years of Data Used:	n/a

What It Is:

The hospice use measure represents the percent of chronically ill Medicare patients who enrolled in hospice care in the last six months of life.

Where It Comes From:

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.

Reason for Ranking:

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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Table ↓
% 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