Share of hospices that had a deficiency in the U.S. from 2012 to 2016
In the year 2016, 74 percent of surveyed hospices in the U.S. providing care to Medicare beneficiaries had a deficiency, up from 69 percent in 2012. The statistic illustrates the percentage of surveyed hospices providing care to Medicare benificiaries with a deficiency in the U.S. between the years 2012 and 2016. The most common deficiancies at hospices include poor care planning, mismanagament of aide services, and inadequate assessments of beneficiaries.
