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Administrative Data and Hospice Care
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Health Insurance Data
Basis for Payment Data
Hospice Claims Data
The Medicare Model
Claims Data Uses
Hospice & Palliative Care
Statistical Challenges
Correct Denominators
Starting the Clock
Costs of EOL Care
Conclusions


Chapter 18: Using Adminstrative Data to Study Hospice Care: Introduction
         

This chapter describes how administrative data may be used to study the care of dying patients. In particular it examines:

  • The Medicare model of comprehensive hospice care;
  • Broad differences between comprehensive hospice care and palliative care;
  • The impact of the structuring of administrative data on the ability to study hospice care, end-of-life care, or palliative care; and
  • The impact of coding of services and diagnoses on the ability to study dying patients and their symptoms.


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