US Medicare Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician Workforce and Service Delivery in 2008-2020
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Description
Describes changes to the Medicare hospice and palliative medicine physician workforce between 2008 and 2020 including growth in the field, practice settings, and more. Includes discussion of study findings on access in nonmetropolitan areas and policy impacts on trends in the data.
Author(s)
Xin Hu, Changchuan Jiang, Qinjin Fan, et al.
Citation
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 67(6), E851-E857
Date
06/2024
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· Health workforce supply and demand
· Hospice and palliative care
· Inpatient care
· Outpatient care
· Physicians
· Policy
· Rural-urban differences
· Statistics and data