TY - JOUR
T1 - Pathway to Hospice
T2 - How Has Place of Care before Hospice Changed with the Growth of Hospice in the United States?
AU - Teno, Joan M.
AU - Ankuda, Claire K.
AU - Keohane, Laura
AU - Meyers, David
AU - Bunker, Jennifer
AU - Mitchell, Susan
AU - Belanger, Emma
AU - Gozalo, Pedro
AU - Trivedi, Amal
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright 2022, Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers 2022.
PY - 2022/11
Y1 - 2022/11
N2 - Background: Hospice use among Medicare decedents increased from 21.6% in 2000 to 51.6% in 2019. Whether this growth has been accompanied by more referrals to hospice directly from the community is not known. Objective: To assess trends in place of care before hospice enrollment. Design: Retrospective cohort from 2011 to 2018. Subjects: Medicare decedents age ≥66 years. Measure: Location of care before hospice enrollment in the last 90 days of life, defined as: the community with and without home health, short- or long-term nursing facility, or inpatient hospital. A county-level random effects model examined changes in enrollment from the community after adjusting for admitting diagnosis, age, race/ethnicity, sex, and Medicaid participation. Results: Among hospice enrollees (N = 7,650,933), 27.7% transitioned to hospice from the community, 31.8% transitioned from the hospital, and 10.1% transitioned after short- or long-term nursing facility stay. Rates of enrollment to hospice from the community remained stable from 35.1% in 2011 to 34.3% in 2018. After adjustment, the proportion enrolling in hospice from the community decreased by 1.2% (95% confidence interval -1.0% to 1.4%). Place of care before hospice enrollment in 2018 varied by hospice admitting diagnosis, with patients with cancer more likely to enroll from the community (39.5%) and patients with cerebrovascular accidents from the hospital (53.2%). Prior place of care varied by state, with Florida having the highest rate of the enrollment following hospitalization (47.8%). Conclusion: Despite the growth of hospice, the site of care before hospice enrollment has remained relatively stable and was strongly influenced by region.
AB - Background: Hospice use among Medicare decedents increased from 21.6% in 2000 to 51.6% in 2019. Whether this growth has been accompanied by more referrals to hospice directly from the community is not known. Objective: To assess trends in place of care before hospice enrollment. Design: Retrospective cohort from 2011 to 2018. Subjects: Medicare decedents age ≥66 years. Measure: Location of care before hospice enrollment in the last 90 days of life, defined as: the community with and without home health, short- or long-term nursing facility, or inpatient hospital. A county-level random effects model examined changes in enrollment from the community after adjusting for admitting diagnosis, age, race/ethnicity, sex, and Medicaid participation. Results: Among hospice enrollees (N = 7,650,933), 27.7% transitioned to hospice from the community, 31.8% transitioned from the hospital, and 10.1% transitioned after short- or long-term nursing facility stay. Rates of enrollment to hospice from the community remained stable from 35.1% in 2011 to 34.3% in 2018. After adjustment, the proportion enrolling in hospice from the community decreased by 1.2% (95% confidence interval -1.0% to 1.4%). Place of care before hospice enrollment in 2018 varied by hospice admitting diagnosis, with patients with cancer more likely to enroll from the community (39.5%) and patients with cerebrovascular accidents from the hospital (53.2%). Prior place of care varied by state, with Florida having the highest rate of the enrollment following hospitalization (47.8%). Conclusion: Despite the growth of hospice, the site of care before hospice enrollment has remained relatively stable and was strongly influenced by region.
KW - hospice
KW - time trends
KW - utilization
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U2 - 10.1089/jpm.2022.0044
DO - 10.1089/jpm.2022.0044
M3 - Article
C2 - 35549529
AN - SCOPUS:85141888554
SN - 1096-6218
VL - 25
SP - 1661
EP - 1667
JO - Journal of palliative medicine
JF - Journal of palliative medicine
IS - 11
ER -