Denise Kirk, MS

2017

• Rural-Urban Variations in Medicare Live Discharge Patterns From Hospice, 2012-2013
  Policy Brief
  Rapid Response to Requests for Rural Data Analysis
  Date: 09/2017
  This brief 1) provides an overview of the geographic distribution of "freestanding" (i.e., rather than those co-located in a hospital, home health agency, or skilled nursing facility) rural and urban hospices and, 2) explores live discharge rates for hospices operating in rural versus urban areas.
• A Positive Association Between Hospice Profit Margin and the Rate at Which Patients Are Discharged Before Death
  Journal Article
  North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
  Date: 07/2017
  The links between the increasing live discharge rate from hospice and the quality of care is examined.