RESEARCH | 2 MIN READING TIME
Published August 17, 2020
Reading Time: 2 minutesAlthough the benefits of hospice include high-quality end-of-life care for patients, lower caregiver depression and complicated bereavement, and less aggressive and costly care at the end of life, patients and their caregivers have substantial misperceptions regarding hospice, which contributes to its underuse. Only approximately 40-50% of patients in the United States die while under hospice care,[…]