Resources to Learn More

Hospice Care Myths and Facts
https://www.vitas.com/hospice-and-palliative-care-basics/about-hospice-care/hospice-care-myths-and-facts

Where people die, by Robert H. Shmerling, MD
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/where-people-die-2018103115278#:~:text=The%20actual%20rates%20reflect%20how,arrest%2C%20or%20dead%20on%20arrival

Site of Death, Place of Care, and Health Care Transitions Among US Medicare Beneficiaries, 2000-2015 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29946682/

Number of patients who used hospice care or long-term care facilities in 2015
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_03/sr03_43-508.pdf

Changes in the Place of Death in the United States
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejmc1911892