More Medicare patients dying at home, JAMA study finds

Jul 3, 2018 Doctors for Dignity Doctors4Dignity hospice JAMA medicare

"Although most Americans over 65 say that they’d prefer to die at home, in 2009 only 24% of them actually did. Yet, in recent years, more and more Americans are choosing to live out their last days in their home or community instead of being admitted to a hospital.

The JAMA study reveals a potential patient response to the current inadequacy of end-of-life care as, for some older Americans, ending up in a hospital can mean high-cost and aggressive treatment in their final days."

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