Exhibit 2.

Hospice Enrollment Policies Potentially Restricting Access To Hospice Care, 2008-09

Policy	Percent of hospices (N = 591)
Restrictive enrollment policies
Patient cannot be receiving chemotherapy	61
Patient cannot be receiving total parenteral nutrition	55
Patient cannot be receiving transfusions	40
Patient cannot need an intrathecal catheter	32
Patient cannot continue to receive palliative radiation	30
Patient must have a caregiver at home	12
Patient cannot be receiving tube feeding	8
Hospice has all restrictive enrollment policies	0.8
Hospice has no restrictive enrollment policies	22
Hospice has an open-access policy	29

SOURCE National Hospice Survey, 2008-09.