Publication Date: May 1st, 2005
Publication Type(s): Peer-reviewed Journal Publications
Topic(s): Aging, Hospice and Palliative Care, Medicare
Author(s): Virnig, B., Moscovice, I., Kind, S., and Casey, M.
Abstract: This purpose of this study is to examine whether there are urban-rural differences in use of the Medicare hospice benefit before death and whether those differences suggest that there is a problem with access to hospice care for rural Medicare beneficiaries.
Published in: Journal of the American Geriatric Society