End-Of-Life Care For Medicare Beneficiaries With Cancer Is Highly Intensive Overall And Varies Widely
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- 1 April 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Health Affairs (Project Hope) in Health Affairs
- Vol. 31 (4) , 786-796
- https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0650
Abstract
Studies have shown that cancer care near the end of life is more aggressive than many patients prefer. Using a cohort of deceased Medicare beneficiaries with poor-prognosis cancer, meaning that the...Keywords
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