"More Americans Are Dying At Home Than In Hospitals" - Gina Kolata
For the first time over a half century, more people in the United States are dying at home than in hospitals, a remarkable turnabout in Americans’ view of a so-called “good death.” At the same time, hospitals have long had financial incentives not to keep Medicare patients for long periods, said Diane Meier, MD, vice chair of public policy at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care at Mount Sinai Health System. “We are, perhaps appropriately, shifting the site of care to where patients and families say they want to be,” added Sean Morrison, MD, chair of geriatrics and palliative medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
— Diane E. Meier, MD, FACP, Professor, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Medicine, Vice Chair, Public Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, Center to Advance Palliative Care at Mount Sinai
— R. Sean Morrison, MD, Professor, Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Medicine, System Chair, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Director, Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, National Palliative Care Research Center
Additional coverage: Seattle Times
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