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Timing of Hospice Referral

Assessing Satisfaction While the Patient Receives Hospice Services

Jefferson College of Health Sciences, ceadams{at}jchs.edu

Julia Bader, PhD

University of Texas at El Paso

Kathryn V. Horn, MD

Texas Tech University Health Science Center

In general, satisfaction with timing of hospice referral was measured in mortality follow-back surveys of patients who died in hospice. In contrast in this study, investigators assessed timing of the hospice referral in patients enrolled in hospice for a minimum of 2 weeks. About one third of patients or families identified that it would have been easier if they had started hospice earlier. Barriers to early hospice access were associated primarily with access to the health care system.

Key Words: hospice • Hispanics • timing of referral • satisfaction

This version was published on February 1, 2009

Home Health Care Management & Practice, Vol. 21, No. 2, 109-116 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1084822308323440


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