Discharge trends suggest hospices are ditching patients in their last days to preserve profits, Washington...
By
Tim Mullaney
Aug 08, 2014
Hospices may increasingly be discharging dying patients to hospitals in an effort to protect their bottom lines, according to an article published Thursday in The Washington Post.
Rapid growth of for-profit hospices raises ethical concerns, study says
May 19, 2011
The success of the for-profit hospice industry has caused concern among ethicists who say that the goal of profitability interferes with their ability to provide quality end-of-life care, according to...
