"The high cost of dying": What do the data show?

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 825-841

  Scitovsky, Anne A ^a  

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Indexed keywords

DEATH; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY; MEDICAID; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31144445852     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: 14680009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2005.00402.x     Document Type: Review

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