Among family members of those with serious illness who are deceased
Method of interview
Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
Supplementary notes
Original question: Did your loved one have experience with hospice care in the year before they died? Was this hospice care at home, in a hospice facility, in a hospital, in a nursing home, or somewhere else?
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Experience with hospice among recently deceased U.S. adults 2017, by location of care
This statistic depicts the percentage of U.S. adults that had recently deceased relatives who had experience with hospice in the year before they died as of 2017, by location of care. According to the data 17 percent of respondents indicated that their loved one utilized hospice care in a nursing home in the year before they died.
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (November 2, 2017). Percentage of U.S. adults with deceased family members that had experience with hospice care before they died as of 2017, by location of care [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 24, 2026, from /statistics/869388/hospice-care-locations-recently-deceased-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of U.S. adults with deceased family members that had experience with hospice care before they died as of 2017, by location of care." Chart. November 2, 2017. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 24, 2026. /statistics/869388/hospice-care-locations-recently-deceased-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2017). Percentage of U.S. adults with deceased family members that had experience with hospice care before they died as of 2017, by location of care. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 24, 2026. /statistics/869388/hospice-care-locations-recently-deceased-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of U.S. Adults with Deceased Family Members That Had Experience with Hospice Care before They Died as of 2017, by Location of Care." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 2 Nov 2017, /statistics/869388/hospice-care-locations-recently-deceased-us/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Percentage of U.S. adults with deceased family members that had experience with hospice care before they died as of 2017, by location of care ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/869388/hospice-care-locations-recently-deceased-us/ (last visited July 24, 2026)
Percentage of U.S. adults with deceased family members that had experience with hospice care before they died as of 2017, by location of care [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, November 2, 2017. [Online]. Available: /statistics/869388/hospice-care-locations-recently-deceased-us/
