Impact of Hospice Use on Costs of Care for Long Stay Nursing Home Decedents

OBJECTIVES: To examine impact of hospice use on costs, we analyzed costs for long-stay (> 90 days) nursing home decedents with and without hospice care. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study using a 1999-2009 dataset of linked Medicare, Medicaid claims and Minimum Data Set Assessments. SETTING: Indi...

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Published in:J Am Geriatr Soc
Main Authors: Unroe, Kathleen T., Sachs, Greg A., Dennis, M. E., Hickman, Susan E., Stump, Timothy E., Tu, Wanzhu, Callahan, Christopher M.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4840056/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27059000
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jgs.14070
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