title: Analyzing the hospice market.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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