title: Hospice. An essential and growing part of the continuum of care.
abstract: When hospice was first introduced to America more than 25 years ago, terminal illness was a forbidden subject. Today, there are more than 1,700 hospices in this country; the largest growth in recent years has occurred in home health agency- and hospital-based hospices. There will be an even greater reliance on hospice services in the near future as the baby boomers and their parents confront their mortality.
authors: Hospice Association of America.
authors: J E
authors: JE
authors: Neigh
mesh_terms: D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D006738:Hospices / Q000639:trends*; D006278:Medicare; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States