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Florida program could help expand hospice care for kids nationwide

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Less than 11 percent of children with life-threatening illnesses receive hospice care in the last year of life, in part because insurance requirements make it difficult for families to obtain care, according to a new University of Florida study.
But a pilot program in Florida that has redefined when children can receive palliative [...]

Filed under Family, Florida, Health, Research on Thursday, March 19, 2009.