Proportion of hospice users declines while industry undergoes shift, NHPCO report finds
12/16/23 at 03:16 AM
Proportion of hospice users declines while industry undergoes shift, NHPCO report finds
McKnight’s Home Care Daily
December 14, 2023
The proportion of Medicare beneficiaries who died on hospice continued to decline in 2021, according to the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization’s 2023 Fact and Figures report. ... Notably, the number of hospice users rose by thousands since 2019, but this growth was unable to outpace the proportion of Medicare beneficiaries who died without receiving any hospice care.