Survival of Medicare patients after enrollment in hospice programs

Article Abstract:

Many people with terminal illnesses are entered into hospice programs too late to provide substantial cost savings. A review of 6,451 Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in a hospice program found that approximately 44% died within 2 weeks of enrollment. Overall, 63% of the hospitalizations in the group occurred within the 30-day period before enrollment in the hospice program. This indicates that many of these patients were enrolled in the hospice program too late and incurred expensive hospital bills when they should have been receiving palliative care.

Statistics, Terminal care, Hospice care

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Morality after the hospitalization of a spouse

Article Abstract:

The association between the hospitalization of a spouse and a partner's risk of death among elderly people is examined. Among the elderly people hospitalization of a spouse is associated with an increased risk of death, and the effect of the illness of a spouse varies among diagnoses, and such interpersonal health effects have clinical and policy implications for the care of patients and their families.

England, Health aspects, Caregivers, Husband and wife, Husband-wife relations

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The spread of obesity in a large social network over 32 years

Article Abstract:

A quantitative analysis of the nature and extent of the person-to-person spread of obesity as a possible factor contributing to the obesity epidemic is presented. Findings suggest network phenomena are relevant to the biologic and behavioral trait of obesity and that obesity appears to spread through social ties.

United States, Development and progression, Research, Obesity, Quantitative research

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