US Medicare hospice and palliative medicine physician workforce and service delivery in 2008-2020
06/22/24 at 03:00 AM
US Medicare hospice and palliative medicine physician workforce and service delivery in 2008-2020
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management; by Xin Hu, Changchuan Jiang, Qinjin Fan, Kewei Sylvia Shi, Ravi B Parikh, Arif H Kamal, Roger T Anderson, K Robin Yabroff, Xuesong Han; 6/24
Despite growth in Medicare HPM physician workforce, access is disproportionately concentrated in metropolitan and inpatient settings. This may limit receipt of early outpatient specialized palliative care, especially in nonmetropolitan areas.