Health Care Costs in the Last Week of Life: Associations with End of Life Conversations

BACKGROUND: Life-sustaining medical care of cancer patients at the end-of-life (EOL) is costly. Patient-physician discussions about EOL wishes were found to be associated with lower rates of intensive interventions. METHODS: Coping with Cancer (CwC) is an NCI/NIMH-funded, longitudinal, multi-institu...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Baohui, Wright, Alexi A., Huskamp, Haiden A., Nilsson, Matthew E., Maciejewski, Matthew L., Earle, Craig C., Block, Susan D., Maciejewski, Paul K., Prigerson., Holly G.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862687/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19273778
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2008.587
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