Nonprofit hospices disproportionately care for costly patients, researchers conclude

Tuesday, February 1, 2011 - 17:10 in Health & Medicine

For-profit hospice agencies had a higher percentage of patients with diagnoses associated with less skilled care and longer lengths of stay in hospice, than their nonprofit counterparts, a difference that may leave "nonprofit hospice agencies disproportionately caring for the most costly patients," researchers report.

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