… for care near the end of life. How have expanded hospice and home health benefits altered
end-of-life care for Medicare recipients? We examine patterns of utilization of Medicare…

… related to end-of-life care, we present a comprehensive picture of the epidemiology and
care patterns of people in the last stage of life. We identify three key trends in end-of-life care: …

… end-of-life care. We examined the role of regional practice patterns in relation to racial
differences in end-of-life … as a proxy for regional practice patterns. Physician decisions account for …

… Does this mean that costs are high because of inappropriately aggressive treatment for very
elderly individuals at the end life? Not necessarily. First of all, among frail elderly individuals, …

… We investigated aggressive end-of-life treatment receipt using indicators established as
measures of end-of-life care by the National Quality Forum, which have been used in earlier …

… Of particular interest, 315 were interviewed 12 months before death and 316 in the final
month of life. We derived functional patterns from the mean number of ADL dependencies for …

… Many teams from various specialties care for patients at end of life; however, we still do
not know what prompts end-of-life discussions. There is no consensus on when to involve …

PURPOSE Evidence suggests that adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer (defined
as age 15-39 years) receive high-intensity (HI) medical care at the end-of-life (EOL). …

… of life. Ascertaining the exact nature of disease causing the terminal state is a prerequisite
for the study of patterns of care at the end of life, as patterns vary with different illnesses. …

… [4–6] Given that almost one-half of all new cases of CML are diagnosed in the elderly,[2]
data on treatment patterns, predictors of survival and costs may increase our understanding of …