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

Amber E. Barnato, Stanford University School of Medicine
Alan M. Garber, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford University and NBER
Christopher R. Kagay, NBER
Mark C. 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

Recommended Citation

Amber E. Barnato, Alan M. Garber, Christopher R. Kagay, and Mark C. McClellan (2001) "Trends in the Use of Intensive Procedures at the End of Life," Forum for Health Economics & Policy: Vol. 4: (Frontiers in Health Policy Research), Article 5.
http://www.bepress.com/fhep/4/5

 
 
 
 

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