This statistic depicts the percentage of U.S. adults that had recently deceased relatives who had experience with hospice in the year before they died as of 2017, by location of care. According to the data 17 percent of respondents indicated that their loved one utilized hospice care in a nursing home in the year before they died.
Percentage of U.S. adults with deceased family members that had experience with hospice care before they died as of 2017, by location of care
Among family members of those with serious illness who are deceased
Method of interview
Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
Supplementary notes
Original question: Did your loved one have experience with hospice care in the year before they died? Was this hospice care at home, in a hospice facility, in a hospital, in a nursing home, or somewhere else?
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (November 2, 2017). Percentage of U.S. adults with deceased family members that had experience with hospice care before they died as of 2017, by location of care [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/869388/hospice-care-locations-recently-deceased-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of U.S. adults with deceased family members that had experience with hospice care before they died as of 2017, by location of care." Chart. November 2, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869388/hospice-care-locations-recently-deceased-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2017). Percentage of U.S. adults with deceased family members that had experience with hospice care before they died as of 2017, by location of care. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869388/hospice-care-locations-recently-deceased-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of U.S. Adults with Deceased Family Members That Had Experience with Hospice Care before They Died as of 2017, by Location of Care." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Nov 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869388/hospice-care-locations-recently-deceased-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Percentage of U.S. adults with deceased family members that had experience with hospice care before they died as of 2017, by location of care Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869388/hospice-care-locations-recently-deceased-us/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Percentage of U.S. adults with deceased family members that had experience with hospice care before they died as of 2017, by location of care [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, November 2, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/869388/hospice-care-locations-recently-deceased-us/
