Hospice Use Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Parkinson Disease and Dementia With Lewy Bodies
In this cohort study of Medicare beneficiaries, hospice use patterns differed by dementia subtype. Higher likelihood of hospice revocation in PD raises important questions about unmet needs and highlights the need for more research around the experience of the end of life in this growing population.
Authors
- John Boscardin
- Krista L. Harrison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5373-3011)
- Lauren J. Hunt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2731-2173)
- Kristine S. Yaffe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0919-3825)
- Alexander Kingsbury Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9276-0861)
- Meredith Bock (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8704-916X)
- Siqi Gan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-8050-570X)
- Melissa D. Aldridge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3334-4542)
Institutions
- San Francisco VA Medical Center (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Global Brain Health Institute (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-03-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.0014
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.51