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Claudia Geue | Zendy; Olívia Wu | Zendy; Alastair H. Leyland | Zendy; Jim Lewsey | Zendy; Terence J. Quinn | Zendy

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Geographic variation of inpatient care costs at the end of life

Author(s) -

Claudia Geue,

Olívia Wu,

Alastair H. Leyland,

Jim Lewsey,

Terence J. Quinn

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afw040

Subject(s) - medicine , rural area , health care , total cost , population , inpatient care , inequality , sample (material) , medical emergency , demography , environmental health , business , economic growth , economics , mathematical analysis , chemistry , mathematics , accounting , pathology , chromatography , sociology

costs incurred at the end of life are a main contributor to healthcare expenditure. Urban-rural inequalities in health outcomes have been demonstrated. Issues around geographical patterning of the association between time-to-death and expenditure remain under-researched. It is unknown whether differences in outcomes translate into differences in costs at the end of life.

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