Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2023
DOI
10.25776/a5r7-sz65
Publication Title
2023 State of the Commonwealth Report
Pages
116-139
Abstract
Death and taxes may be inevitable, but where we die is usually not a topic of public policy or discussion. Hospice care is the specialized treatment that provides support and comfort to patients who are terminally ill with a general life expectancy of six months or less. In this chapter, we take a close look at serious disease and hospice care in the United States and Virginia. We examine the demand for hospice care by Medicare beneficiaries as well as the changing nature of hospice care suppliers as now more than two-thirds of hospices nationwide operate as for-profit entities. We ask: what is the state of end-of-life care across Virginia?
Repository Citation
Dragas Center for Economic Analysis and Policy, Old Dominion University, "Part 4: Death and Dying in Virginia" (2023). State of the Commonwealth Reports. 76.
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/soc_reports/76