• 64 member hospices provide care for terminally ill people in a range of settings including their own homes, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, acute care facilities, hospice residences and freestanding hospice general inpatient units.
• Massachusetts has 6 residential hospice facilities located in Amherst, Cambridge, Cape Cod, Needham, Reading and Wayland.
• There are four free-standing hospice facilities located in Danvers, Worcester and Haverhill that provide general inpatient care, respite care and limited residential care.
• In 2010, Massachusetts hospices cared for approximately 21,598 patients (40% of all deaths in Massachusetts).
• The average length of stay for a hospice patient is 68 days.
• The median length of stay is 31 days.
• 37.5% of the patients hospice cared for had a length of stay of 7 or fewer days.
• 55% of patients had a non-cancer diagnosis (e.g., congestive heart failure, Alzheimer’s Disease, end stage pulmonary disease).
• 40% of patients cared for died at home; 35% died in a skilled nursing facility.
• 11 hospice programs provided pediatric palliative care for more than 200 children with life-limiting illnesses and their families.

 

 

2010

2009

1991

Number of patients cared for in MA

21,598

21,758

5,359

Average LOS

61 days

68 days

45 days

Median LOS

22 days

31 days

NK

% of Patients with Cancer Diagnosis

36%

46%

84%

% of Patients Who Died at Home

44%

40%

82%

% of Patients Who Died in a Nursing Home

 

35%

2%

% of all MA Deaths Cared for by Hospice

40%

40%

10%

Source: Hospice Analytics, CMS Common Working File
            H&PCFM Membership Applications 2010



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