Quality of Hospice Care: Comparison Between Rural and Urban Residents

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Examines perceptions of hospice care by 331 rural and 412 urban hospice patients or family members in the Southeastern United States, from September 2009 through April 2010. Features statistics with breakdowns by rural or urban location, patient race, and cancer or non-cancer diagnosis.

Marianne Baernholdt, Cathy L. Campbell, Ivora D. Hinton, Guofen Yan, Erica Lewis

Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 30(3), 247-253

2015

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Healthcare quality · Hospice and palliative care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data