Garber, Alan M.; MaCurdy, Thomas E.; McClellan, Mark B. - 2021
In recent years, the use of Medicare-covered home health care and hospice services has grown dramatically. Hospice care …, like much home health and nonacute hospital care, is designed to meet the needs of dying patients, who are known to … beneficiaries in the final months of life. We found that use of hospice and home health services by decedents grew rapidly over the …