Hospice Use, Hospitalization, and Medicare Spending at the End of Life

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 569-580

  Zuckerman, Rachael B ^a,b   Stearns, Sally C ^c   Sheingold, Steven H ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life care; Hospice; Hospital use; Medicare

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOME FOR THE AGED; HOSPICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PROPENSITY SCORE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST SAVINGS; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING HOMES; PROPENSITY SCORE; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84965117549     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbv109     Document Type: Article

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