 Hospice Care
"Hospice Care" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Specialized health care, supportive in nature, provided to a dying person. A holistic approach is often taken, providing patients and their families with legal, financial, emotional, or spiritual counseling in addition to meeting patients' immediate physical needs. Care may be provided in the home, in the hospital, in specialized facilities (HOSPICES), or in specially designated areas of long-term care facilities. The concept also includes bereavement care for the family. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D017051
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.760.905.400 N02.421.585.905.400
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| Concept/Terms |
Hospice Programs- Hospice Programs
- Hospice Program
- Program, Hospice
- Programs, Hospice
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Hospice Care" by people in this website by year, and whether "Hospice Care" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2005 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2011 | 7 | 1 | 8 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2016 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2017 | 6 | 1 | 7 | | 2018 | 10 | 2 | 12 | | 2019 | 10 | 2 | 12 | | 2020 | 12 | 0 | 12 | | 2021 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2022 | 7 | 0 | 7 | | 2023 | 12 | 0 | 12 | | 2024 | 4 | 4 | 8 | | 2025 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Hospice Care" by people in Profiles.
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Morrison KT, Fink RM, Arora K, Nowels D, Palmer MC, Lockspeiser T, Brackett H, Campbell D, Scott M, Bailey FA. Qualitative evaluation of an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-approved online hospice and palliative medicine fellowship program. Acad Med. 2026 Jul 01; 101(7):832-841.
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Goston C, Benson T, Coats H. Quality improvement project: Implementing a mortality screening tool post hospital discharge to guide goals of care conversations and improve hospice admissions. Geriatr Nurs. 2026 Jun; 70:104020.
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Becker TD, Washington KT, Kozlov E, Gerasta DJ, Yoder G, Matlock DD, Fischer SM, Sanders S. Interdisciplinary US Hospice Clinician Presence Throughout the Medical Aid in Dying Procedure. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2026 Apr; 71(4):464-472.e1.
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Canavan ME, Cheng L, Xiang JJ, Lin JK, Hui D, Zhao H, Nortje N, Ratan R, Cherny N, Pham T, Giordano SH, Niu J, Adelson KB. Association Between Systemic Anticancer Therapy Administration Near the End of Life With Health Care and Hospice Utilization in Older Adults: A SEER Medicare Analysis of End-of-Life Care Quality. J Clin Oncol. 2025 11; 43(31):3391-3402.
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Becker TD, Gerasta DJ, Yoder G, Matlock DD, Kozlov E, Fischer SM, Washington KT. Characterizing Interdisciplinary U.S. Hospice Clinician Presence During Patient Self-Administration of Medical Aid in Dying Medication. J Palliat Med. 2026 Jan; 29(1):33-40.
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Tate CE, Perez-Jolles M, Scherer LD, Shiferaw T, Mami G, Matlock DD, Huebschmann AG. "Hospice was Created by the KKK"-Black Americans' Perspectives on Hospice Care. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2026 Apr; 13(2):1374-1381.
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Kaufman BG, Woolson S, Stanwyck C, Burns M, Dennis P, Ma J, Feder S, Thorpe JM, Hastings SN, Bekelman DB, Van Houtven CH. Veterans' use of inpatient and outpatient palliative care: The national landscape. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Nov; 72(11):3385-3397.
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Ogilvie AC, Carnahan RM, Mendizabal A, Gilbertson-White S, Seaman A, Chrischilles E, Schultz JL. Factors Influencing Discharges to Hospice for Patients With Late-Stage Huntington's Disease. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2025 Jul; 42(7):644-652.
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Nelson KE, Adams K, Kahn-John M, Davidson PM, Ferrell B, Meah M, Petchler C, Ricker A, Runsabove K, Werk A, Wright R, Brockie TN. 'In our culture, we come when you die': Qualitative descriptive analysis of end-of-life perspectives in a reservation-based community. J Adv Nurs. 2025 Mar; 81(3):1437-1449.
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Nicholas LH, Fischer SM, Arbaje AI, Perraillon MC, Jones CD, Polsky D. Medicare-Covered Services Near the End of Life in Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare. JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Jul 05; 5(7):e241777.
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