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Trends in the Use of Intensive Procedures at the End of Life

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Amber Barnato (Stanford University School of Medicine)
Alan Garber (Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford University and NBER)
Christopher Kagay (NBER)
Mark McClellan (Stanford University and NBER)
Abstract

Despite widely publicized changes in attitudes toward the care of the dying and rapid growth in hospice care and other services targeted toward the dying, a remarkably stable 30 percent of total Medicare expenditures is spent on the 5 percent of Medicare bene

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Article provided by Berkeley Electronic Press in its journal Forum for Health Economics & Policy.

Volume (Year): 4 (2001)
Issue (Month): 1 ()
Pages: 1024-1024
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  1. Alan M. Garber & Thomas E. MaCurdy & Mark C. McClellan, 1998. "Medical Care at the End of Life: Diseases, Treatment Patterns, and Costs," NBER Working Papers 6748, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. David M. Cutler & Mark McClellan, 1996. "The Determinants of Technological Change in Heart Attack Treatment," NBER Working Papers 5751, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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