… health care resource utilization in the last 6 months of life … lung cancer and to examine
geographic variations in care. … 1 of 7 Veteran Affairs medical centers primary care clinics and who …

… -stage liver disease; however, there have been few reports of care experiences for patients
… of palliative care for and health care utilization by patients with end-stage liver disease. …

… of end-of-life care, we analyzed Medicare claims data for 2000, 2005, and 2009 to document
places of care and health care … the use of GIP and continuous care in the last 30 days of life. …

… This study sought to monetize the differences in health care use in the final week of life for
patients with advanced cancer who reported having EOL discussions with their physicians …

… health service delivery data clearly contribute greatly to our understanding of service utilization,
patterns of care, and health … unknowns that should be addressed using a range of study …

… informal components of end-of-life planning (living will, durable power of attorney for health
care, and discussions) … We used logistic regression models to assess the predictors of three …

… palliative care and health care use, disease-generic and disease-specific measures of QOL,
and advance care … palliative care and the presence of a physician and an interprofessional …

… This study examines EOL costs and related health care resource utilization among a
commercially insured oncology patient population who died between July 1, 2002, and December …

… The language of patients and families was used to label components (and is used to …
end-of-life care. However, the domains and components also reflect the perspective of health care …

… We have used a generic term HCP for health care professionals interviewed to avoid …
when we had been briefed by health care professionals to take an indirect approach. Some …