Han Beth, Remsburg Robin E, McAuley William J, Keay Timothy J, Travis Shirley S
National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland, USA.
Health Aff (Millwood). 2006 May-Jun;25(3):792-9. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.25.3.792.
This study examines hospice use among adult hospice patients based on the 1992-2000 National Home and Hospice Care Surveys, the 1997-1999 National Nursing Home Surveys, and the 1991-2000 annual Underlying and Multiple Cause-of-Death Files. The total number of adult hospice patients tripled between 1991-1992 and 1999-2000. The majority of inpatient hospice patients resided in nursing homes. The increased hospice utilization rates and increased percentage of adult hospice patients with short stays in hospice indicate changes in hospice enrollment patterns over time. Hospice is still in the process of growing toward a steady state.
本研究基于1992 - 2000年全国家庭与临终关怀护理调查、1997 - 1999年全国养老院调查以及1991 - 2000年年度潜在及多种死因档案，对成年临终关怀患者的临终关怀使用情况进行了考察。1991 - 1992年至1999 - 2000年间，成年临终关怀患者总数增长了两倍。大多数住院临终关怀患者居住在养老院。临终关怀利用率的提高以及成年临终关怀患者在临终关怀机构短期停留比例的增加表明，随着时间推移，临终关怀登记模式发生了变化。临终关怀仍处于向稳定状态发展的过程中。
