Poorer Communities Less Likely to Have Hospice Services

Poorer Communities Less Likely to Have Hospice Services : Eastern Group Publications: How available hospice care is in a county can be linked back to the area’s wealth, population size, race and age, according to a study published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom. It is the first study to look at how wealth impacts where hospice services are located. The more local the available service, the more likely patients and/or their families are to use them, researchers found.