Trends in discharge to hospice after critical illness among US Medicare beneficiaries, 2011-2023

Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2026 May 1;23(5):815-818. doi: 10.1093/annalsats/aaoag010.

Anica C Law^{1

2}, Nicholas A Bosch¹, Yang Song², Archana P Tale², Jason Nelson², Rishi K Wadhera², Amber E Barnato^{3

4

5}, Allan J Walkey⁶

¹ The Pulmonary Center, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
² Richard A and Susan F Smith Center for Outcomes Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States.
³ The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, United States.
⁴ Section of Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth Health, Lebanon, NH, United States.
⁵ Cancer Population Sciences Program, Dartmouth Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine and Dartmouth Health, Lebanon, NH, United States.
⁶ Division of Health Systems Science, Department of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States.

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