Temporal trends in the relative cost of dying: Evidence from Canada

Health Policy

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 270-276

  Payne, Greg ^a   Laporte, Audrey ^a   Foot, David K ^a   Coyte, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Compression of morbidity; Cost of dying; Demographics; Health care expenditures

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DYING; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; SURVIVOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MORTALITY; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 63749113721     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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