Estimates of need for hospice services.
There is a growing interest in hospice care services to provide special care for dying patients and their families. The lack of measures of need for such services is addressed through a presentation of alternative estimates, in the form of criteria, for inpatient beds and home health care visits for hospice services. The estimates are applied to a medical center in order to demonstrate their use.
D005845:Georgia; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006302:Health Services Research; D006738:Hospices / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006744:Hospital Bed Capacity, 100 to 299; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010934:Planning Techniques; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data