Hospice is becoming a chain business

Large multi-agency, multi-state hospices are fast becoming the primary source of end-of-life care in the U.S. According to a new study, chains cared for nearly half of all hospice patients in 2011, a dramatic increase from a decade before when small organizations (mostly non-profits) provided three-quarters of all care. Jesse Dalton, research analyst in the Department of Health Care Policy, David Grabowski, professor of health care policy, and Haiden Huskamp, professor of health care policy, coauthored the study.

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