… of end-of-life care, we analyzed Medicare claims data for 2000, 2005, and 2009 to document
places of care and health care transitions for Medicare decedents in the last months of life. …

… Medicare spending for people at the end of life … Medicare spending for people at the end
of life also decreased with age. Hospice use among Medicare beneficiaries at the end of life …

… Estimates of the percentage of Medicare costs that arise from patients in the last year of life
… recently available Medicare Limited Data Set to update prior studies of end-of-life costs and …

… enrollees were less inclined to pursue intensive services at the end of life). Looking ahead,
Medicare beneficiaries’ end-of-life care likely will be shaped increasingly by more integrated …

… in the overall use of aggressive end-of-life care, there was actually a slight … end-of-life
care, our finding that aggressive end-of-life cancer care is increasing over time in the Medicare …

… This study included Medicare beneficiaries aged 66 years or older diagnosed with leukemia,
lymphoma, myeloma, myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), or myeloproliferative neoplasm (…

… There have been few previous studies of end-of-life care at academic medical centers, 20 …
provided to Medicare beneficiaries at specific centers for several indicators of end-of-life care …

… are thought to receive more aggressive end-of-life (EOL) care and have … End Results–Medicare
dataset to describe hospice use and indicators of aggressive EOL care among Medicare …

… This study also reports on the end-of-life experience of Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in
Medicare Advantage, which is important given the continued growth of this program. A similar …

… This study sought to understand whether MCCM improved patterns in enrollees’ end-of-life
care or reduced their Medicare expenditures. We hypothesized that enrolled beneficiaries …