Health Care Costs in the Last Week of Life | Zendy

Baohui Zhang | Zendy; Alexi A. Wright | Zendy; Haiden A. Huskamp | Zendy; Matthew Nilsson | Zendy; Matthew L. Maciejewski | Zendy; Craig C. Earle | Zendy; Susan D. Block | Zendy; Paul K. Maciejewski | Zendy; Holly G. Prigerson | Zendy

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Health Care Costs in the Last Week of Life

Author(s) -

Baohui Zhang,

Alexi A. Wright,

Haiden A. Huskamp,

Matthew Nilsson,

Matthew L. Maciejewski,

Craig C. Earle,

Susan D. Block,

Paul K. Maciejewski,

Holly G. Prigerson

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

archives of internal medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1538-3679

pISSN - 0003-9926

DOI - 10.1001/archinternmed.2008.587

Subject(s) - medicine , propensity score matching , intensive care unit , confounding , psychological intervention , quality of life (healthcare) , cancer , coping (psychology) , health care , intensive care , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , nursing , psychiatry , economics , economic growth

Life-sustaining medical care of patients with advanced cancer at the end of life (EOL) is costly. Patient-physician discussions about EOL wishes are associated with lower rates of intensive interventions.

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