NAHA Report based on Avalere Health Research Suggests Systemic Barriers to Hospice Access
ByA newly released report from NAHA, using the detailed analytical inputs of Avalere Health LLC, a highly renowned healthcare research and analysis firm, clearly suggests that significant systemic barriers to timely patient access to hospice care exist and may be worsening (click the link below to read the first in a series of NAHA reports based on Avalere data).
NAHA Report — Barriers to Access: Medicare Hospice Access and Length of Stay, 2003 – 2007
Avalere’s comprehensive look at hospice use shines light on opportunities to improve access and costs:
- 4 out of 10 hospice patients got no more than 10 days of care
- Only 16% of hospice patients get 60 to 180 hospice days, the range that improves quality and costs
- Minority access to hospice care trails access for whites by 25%
- States where hospices have significant cap issues do best job of serving minorities but access is declining. Will these hospices survive?
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The report goes on to provide data driven conclusions on Access to Hospice, Timely Access to Hospice, and Length of Stay.
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