Examining differences in US hospice care experiences by profit status using the CAHPS Hospice Survey

Abstract:

In the US, there is concern about how the growing share of for-profit hospices may affect patient and family experiences. The seminar describes the development of the CAHPS Hospice Survey and explores the extent to which US hospice care experiences differ by hospice profit status and the extent to which organization characteristics under direct control of the hospice (such as where care is delivered, number of skilled staff enrolled, number of professional staff visits in last days of life) mediate these differences.

The Speaker

Dr Marc N. Elliott is a senior principal researcher at RAND and holds its Distinguished Chair in Statistics. His areas of interest include health disparities, Medicare, vulnerable populations, healthcare experiences, profiling of health care institutions, survey sampling, experimental design, causal inference, and case-mix adjustment in US and UK applications. In 2014 Elliott was recognized by Thomson Reuters as one of the Top 1% of Cited Scientists 2002-2012.

Part of the Cicely Saunders Institute Open Seminar Series.