Quality of Hospice Care at Home Versus in an Assisted Living Facility or Nursing Home
Quality of Hospice Care at Home Versus in an Assisted Living Facility or Nursing Home
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DOI:
10.1111/jgs.15260
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发表时间:
2018-04-01
影响因子:
6.3
通讯作者:
Callahan, Christopher M.
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作者:
Unroe, Kathleen T.;Stump, Timothy E.;Callahan, Christopher M.
ObjectivesTo describe differences in perceived quality of hospice care for individuals living at home or in a nursing home (NH) or assisted living facility (ALF) through analysis of after-death surveys of family members.DesignRetrospective cohort study using hospice medical record data and Family Evaluation of Hospice Care (FEHC) survey data.SettingLarge, national hospice provider.ParticipantsIndividuals who died while receiving routine hospice care and family caregivers who completed after-death quality-of-care surveys.MeasurementsSurvey results for 7,510 individuals were analyzed using analysis of variance and chi-square tests. Logistic regression was used to assess relationship between location of care and overall service quality.ResultsThe overall survey response rate was 27%; 34.5% of families of individuals in ALFs in hospice, 27.4% of those at home, and 22.9% of those in NHs returned the survey (P