Analyzing the hospice market.
Hospitals should base decisions about hospice services on need rather than on subjective feelings. Marketing methods can be used to identify the potential population for hospice care.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006699:Home Care Services; D006738:Hospices / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006745:Hospital Bed Capacity, 300 to 499; D006752:Hospital Planning; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008389:Marketing of Health Services; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification; D012042:Registries; D013727:Terminal Care; D014768:Virginia