Hospices might use several variables to identify patients with a relatively low risk for 6-month mortality and who therefore may become ineligible to continue hospice services if they fail to show significant disease progression.
Objectives1. Discuss factors among dementia and debility patients more likely to lead to long survival in hospice patients. 2. Discuss 6-month survival statistics among patients with cancer based upon admission performance status.
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