Open AccessEffect of hospice care on health-care costs for Taiwanese patients with cancer during their last month of life in 2004–2011: A trend analysis
Author(s) -
Jui-Kun Chiang,
Yee-Hsin Kao
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
tzu-chi medical journal/cí-jì yīxué
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.343
H-Index - 15
eISSN - 2223-8956
pISSN - 1016-3190
DOI - 10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_90_19
Subject(s) - medicine , health care , end of life care , cancer , family medicine , proxy (statistics) , population , hospice care , palliative care , gerontology , health insurance , emergency medicine , demography , environmental health , nursing , machine learning , sociology , computer science , economics , economic growth
End-of-life cancer care imposes a heavy financial burden on patients, their families, and their health insurers. The aim of this study was to explore the 8-year (2004-2011) trends in health-care costs for Taiwanese cancer decedents in their last month of life and, specifically, to assess the association of these trends with hospice care.