Table 2.

Hospice Admission Practices

Scale Item a Admits patients….	Often/Always N (%)
who have no payment source.	51 (83.61)
who want to receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).	50 (81.97)
for routine home care who do not have primary caregiver in home.	39 (63.93)
who want to be hospitalized for management of terminal illness.	37 (60.66)
who do not have a primary care physician or to direct hospice care.	36 (59.02)
who are receiving tube feedings (nasogastric or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy).	32 (52.46)
who have an automated implantable defibrillator that has not been deactivated.	30 (49.18)
who are receiving or want to receive intravenous fluids.	29 (47.54)
who are receiving or who want to receive blood transfusions.	18 (29.51)
who are receiving radiation therapy or XRT.	16 (26.23)
who want to receive mechanical ventilation.	15 (24.59)
who are receiving chemotherapy.	13 (21.31)
who are receiving total parenteral nutrition.	12 (19.67)
who are receiving intravenous inotropes for end-stage heart failure.	12 (19.67)

^aHospice Provider Admission Practices Scale.