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hospice

organization that cares for the dying or the incurably ill
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hospice

Summary

hospice ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (888 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hospice is a type of medical facility[2].
  • hospice's Commons category is recorded as Hospices[3].
  • hospice's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hospice[4].
  • hospice's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hospices[5].
  • hospice's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as healthcare=hospice[6].
  • hospice's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[7].
  • hospice's described by source is recorded as American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine[8].
  • hospice's described by source is recorded as Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing[9].
  • hospice's different from is recorded as hospital[10].
  • hospice's has goal is recorded as palliative care[11].
  • hospice's has goal is recorded as end-of-life care[12].

Body

Definition and Type

hospice is a type of medical facility[2].

Why It Matters

hospice ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (888 views/month).[1] hospice has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] hospice is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). hospice. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hospice
MLA “hospice.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hospice.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hospice_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{hospice}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hospice}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → medical facility
    Topic's main category → Category:Hospice, Category:Hospices
    Different from → hospital
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 4697309
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1094, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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