Rural-Urban Disparities in the Delivery and Intensity of the Medicare Hospice Benefit
This cross-sectional study examines how hospice care varies across the rural-urban continuum, including length of stay, care setting, visits by hospice staff, and rates of higher-level care.
Authors
- Meredith MacMartin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6614-6091)
- Bocheng Jing (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2021-5055)
- Lauren J. Hunt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2731-2173)
- Melissa D. Aldridge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3334-4542)
- Claire K. Ankuda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1371-8524)
- Helen P. Knight
- Krista L. Harrison
- Ken Covinsky
Institutions
- Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice (US)
- Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
- Global Brain Health Institute (US)
- Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (US)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA
- Published
- 2026-08-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2026.16190
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00