title: Medicare's hospice benefits: when cure is no longer the goal, medicare will cover palliative care.
authors.affiliation: National Council on the Aging, Washington, DC, USA. marisa.scala-foley@ncoa.org
authors.forename: Marisa A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Scala-Foley
authors.forename: Judith T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Caruso
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Archer
authors.forename: Susan C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Reinhard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States