. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2014 May 5;32(4):437–439. doi: 10.1177/1049909114531160

Table 1.

Percentage of Individuals Not Referred or Referred to Hospice

Referrals Non-Hospice	Referrals Hospice
71% to Nursing Home Without Hospice	7% to Nursing Home With Hospice
3% to Home Without Hospice	2% to Home With Hospice
13% to Medical Hospital
Total: 87% Non-Hospice	9% Hospice

This table represents the discharge disposition of individual with advanced dementia who died within 90 days of discharge from inpatient psychiatry. The percentage are of the total sample (N = 685,305) of individuals with advanced dementia who were residing in a nursing home prior to admission for inpatient psychiatric treatment.