Caregiver reported experiences of not-for-profit hospice agencies with a religious affiliation

Caregiver reported experiences of not-for-profit hospice agencies with a religious affiliation
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; by Xiao (Joyce) Wang, Joan M. Teno, Momotazur Rahman, Emmanuelle Belanger; 12/24
Compared to those without a religious affiliation, the religiously affiliated hospices were smaller in size, newer, had a higher shares of patients with dementia, and also a higher percentage of patients living in nursing homes, and were more likely to be in the Midwest. These hospices also had lower scores across all CAHPS measures, with the magnitude of these differences by religious affiliation being small to medium. Compared to hospices without a religious affiliation, a much lower proportion of hospices with a religious affiliation received four or five stars (66.5% vs. 47.6%).
Publisher's note: While for-profit hospices have been grouped into various categories (e.g., private equity owned or publicly traded companies), this is the first article I recall grouping nonprofit hospices into various categories.