… Using Medicare program data for 1976, 1980, 1985, and 1988, we classified Medicare
payments according to whether they were made for people in their last year of life (decedents) or …

… may also have affected the share of Medicare payments going to end-of-life care, given that
the … research on payments for Medicare services in the last year of life. Previous studies have …

… In both states, we selected Medicare beneficiaries who died in 1996, were enrolled in the
Medicare program throughout their last year of life, and were not enrolled in Medicare's End …

… portion of Medicare expenses spent on the last year of life in … 1992–1996 mean Medicare
expenses during the last year of life, … to ∼$23,000 in the 20 percent Medicare sample (Garber, …

… 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 …

… 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. …

… JDRiley GF Trends in Medicare payments in the last year of life. … To our knowledge, the
impact of risk status earlier in life on health care costs incurred in the last year of life has not been …

… The research underlying this article was completed with support from the Medicare Payment
Advisory Commission. The findings, statements, and views expressed are those of the …

… Medicare use during the last 90 days of life and focuses on the role of the prospective
payment … in the way Medicare benefits are being used in the final stages of life. The observed …

… ; and Medicare does this most … of Medicare payment and Medicare policy support a system
of care that is wholly inadequate to the needs of older patients, essentially the same Medicare …