Means to a Better End: A Last Acts Report Finds Mediocre End-of-Life Care, Nationwide
A report from Last Acts, a nonprofit consumer coalition funded by the Robert Woods Johnson foundation.  

Home Health and Hospice Care: Statistics from the National Home and Hospice Care Survey (NHHCS)

More about hospice from the Hospice Foundation

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Smith-Stoner M. There's still no place like home: results of the Home Healthcare Nurse 2002 survey of nurses working in home care and hospice for 20+ years. Home Healthc Nurse. 2002 Oct;20(10):657-62.