Industry Notes:
Multiple Studies Find Home Health, Hospice Equity Issues
Published on Fri Dec 15, 2023
More studies are training the spotlight on health equity in home health and hospice. Study No. 1: “In both Medicaid only and dual-eligible populations, Hispanic and non-Hispanic Black individuals had the lowest odds of receiving hospice, and Hispanic individuals had the highest odds of a short hospice stay,” report authors of the study Racial and Ethnic Differences in Hospice Use [...]