Palliative care's impact on utilization and costs: Implications for health services research and policy

Meeting the Needs of Older Adults with Serious Illness: Challenges and Opportunities in the Age of Health Care Reform

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 109-126

  Cassel, J Brian ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84948714621     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0407-5_8     Document Type: Chapter

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