Characteristics of Hospices Providing High-Quality Care.

Journal of Palliative Medicine
Rebecca Anhang PriceMarc N Elliott

Abstract

Background: The hospice market has changed substantially, shifting from predominately not-for-profit independent entities to for-profit national chains. Little is known about how hospice organizational characteristics are associated with quality of hospice care. Objective: To examine the association between hospice characteristics and care processes and performance on measures of hospice care quality. Design: Logistic regression models assessed the association between hospice characteristics and processes and hospices being in the top quartile of quality measure performance. Setting/Subjects: U.S. hospices with publicly reported measure scores in 2015-2017. Measurements: Summaries of hospice-level performance on Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Hospice Survey measures (including communication, timely care, symptom management, emotional and spiritual support, respect, training families, overall rating, and willingness to recommend) and Hospice Item Set (HIS) measures (including pain screening and assessment, dyspnea screening and treatment, bowel regimen for patients on opioids, discussion of treatment preferences, and beliefs/values addressed). Results: Of the 2746 hospices that met public reporti...Continue Reading

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