California Hospice Discharge Demographics by Patient Characteristics

State of California data provides counts of inpatient visits resulting in discharge to hospice care for adults aged 18 and over. The dataset allows analysis of total annual counts segmented by patient age groups, county of residence, primary payer type, diagnosis category, and patient sex, race, and ethnicity. It includes disease categories such as circulatory conditions, diabetes, neoplasms, malnutrition, neurodegenerative disease, renal failure, and respiratory conditions.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between primary payer type and diagnosis category for patients discharged to hospice.
• Compare hospice discharge rates across individual counties of residence and patient age groups.
• Investigate the distribution of patient sex, race, and ethnicity within specific disease categories like malignant neoplasms or circulatory conditions.
• Model trends in hospice discharges for conditions like diabetes or respiratory ailments over time.

Strengths

• Data is segmented by multiple patient characteristics including age groups, county, payer type, and diagnosis category.
• Diagnosis categories are based on groupings of medical MSDRG codes from HCAI inpatient data, aligning with other hospice care studies.
• The dataset is provided by the State of California's Department of Health Care Access and Information, an authoritative source.

Limitations

• The dataset contains aggregated counts, not individual patient records, limiting granular analysis.
• Specific row counts, column details, and temporal coverage are not provided in the input.
• Data is limited to California, which may not be representative of national or other regional hospice utilization patterns.

Provenance

Source

State of California, Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI)

Collection Method

Derived from HCAI inpatient data by grouping relevant medical MSDRG codes into diagnosis categories.

Time Range

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Geography

California, segmented by individual counties of residence.