title: Quality of hospice care: comparison between rural and urban residents.
abstract: Discrepancies between needed and received hospice care exist, especially in rural areas. Hospice care quality ratings for 743 rural and urban patients and their families were compared. Rural participants reported higher overall satisfaction and with pain/symptom management. Regardless of geographic location, satisfaction was higher when patients were informed and emotionally supported. Patients and family ratings did not differ. Findings support prior reports using retrospective rather than our study's point-of-care surveys.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (Dr Baernholdt); School of Nursing (Drs Campbell and Hinton) and Department of Public Health Sciences (Dr Yan), University of Virginia, Charlottesville; and Department of Nursing, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia (Dr Lewis).
authors.forename: Marianne
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baernholdt
authors.forename: Cathy L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: Ivora D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Hinton
authors.forename: Guofen
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D019538:Health Care Surveys; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000592:standards*