title: U.S. end-of-life care gets a (barely) passing grade.
abstract: The vast majority of Americans would prefer to die at home. A minority of hospitals offer hospice or palliative care services. Report card enables state-to-state comparisons, benchmarking.
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services; D009515:New Jersey; D010166:Palliative Care / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000592:standards*