End-of-life medical spending in last twelve months of life is lower than previously reported

Health Affairs

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1211-1217

  French, Eric B ^a,b   McCauley, Jeremy ^b   Aragon, Maria ^c   Bakx, Pieter ^d   Chalkley, Martin ^c   Chen, Stacey H ^e   Christensen, Bent J ^f   Chuang, Hongwei ^g   Côté Sergent, Aurelie ^h   Nardi, Mariacristina De ^b,i,j,k,l   Fan, Elliott ^m   échevin, Damien ⁿ   Geoffard, Pierre Yves ^o   Gastaldi Ménager, Christelle ^p   Gørtz, Mette ^q   Ibuka, Yoko ^g   Jones, John B ^r   Kallestrup Lamb, Malene ^f   Karlsson, Martin ^s   Klein, Tobias J ^t   Lagasnerie, Grégoire de ^p   Michaud, Pierre Carl ^u   O'Donnell, Owen ^v   Rice, Nigel ^c   Skinner, Jonathan S ^w   Doorslaer, Eddy van ^v   Ziebarth, Nicolas R ^x   Kelly, Elaine ^k   more..

^a CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e NATIONAL GRADUATE INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES   (Japan)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h CIRANO   (Canada)

ⁱ FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^j Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)   (France)

^k INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^l NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^m NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^o CNRS   (France)

^p Department of Studies on Diseases and Patients French National Health Insurance Fund for Salaried Workers   (France)

^q UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^r FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^t TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^u HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^v ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^w DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^x Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BINDING; DEATH; DENMARK; ENGLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NETHERLANDS; QUEBEC; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; NORTH AMERICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERMINAL CARE;

EUROPE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 85021819824     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0174     Document Type: Article

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