The future of hospice care: what will be the costs?
The effective integration of hospice services into the Medicare system may depend heavily on what the costs of such services will be when administered through the home or a hospital. Are hospice services a substitute for treating the terminally ill? More work is needed in determining the cost of care associated with the terminally ill and the effects of a specific delivery mode on the total costs of care.
D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005249:Fees and Charges; D005376:Financial Management; D005544:Forecasting; D006738:Hospices / Q000191:economics*; D006278:Medicare; D014481:United States