A Review of Barriers to Utilization of the Medicare Hospice Benefits in Urban Populations and Strategies for Enhanced Access
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15033807 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sean O’mahony (0000-0003-0809-5238, Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Janet McHenry (Montefiore Medical Center), Daniel Snow (0000-0002-8129-157X, Montefiore Medical Center), Carolyn Cassin (United Hospice), Donald Schumacher (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization), Peter A Selwyn (0000-0002-1850-6144, Albert Einstein College of Medicine) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 85 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 281-290 |
| Publication date | 2008-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Urban Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1099-3460 • E-ISSN: 1468-2869 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11524-008-9258-y |
| PMID | 18240022 |
| PMCID | PMC2430114 |
| OpenAlex | W2030683208 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 21 |
Disparities in access to health care extend to end-of-life care. Lack of access to hospice mirrors lack of access to health maintenance and primary care. Patients who are served by hospice nationally are disproportionately white and likely to reside in economically stable communities. In many urban low-income communities, less than 5% of decedents receive hospice care in the last 6 months of life. This review focuses on barriers to palliative care and hospice in urban, predominantly low-income communities, including cultural and reimbursement factors and the paucity of hospice providers, outreach projects, and in-patient hospice beds in urban communities. This review will also address some strategies that are being implemented by hospices locally and nationally to overcome demographic barriers to hospice care
Business · Economic growth · Family medicine · Health care · Hospice care · Outreach · Palliative care · Reimbursement · Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life · Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Gerontology
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| Citation span | 2011 - 2017 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |