Medical expenditures during the last year of life: Findings from the 1992-1996 medicare current beneficiary survey

Health Services Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1625-1642

  Hoover, Donald R ^a   Crystal, Stephen ^a   Kumar, Rizie ^a   Sambamoorthi, Usha ^a   Cantor, Joel C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Elderly; End of life; Health care expenditures; Medicaid; Medicare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; PATIENT CARE; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

EID: 0036933838     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.01113     Document Type: Article

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