… 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 …

… 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 (…

… 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 …

… which dying patients receive care plays a crucial role in the quality of end-of-life (EOL)
care. … Maintaining high-grade quality of life and favorable end-of-life (EOL) care are major …

… files to determine enrollment in MA vs traditional Medicare in the last month of life. If an …
need switching from MA to traditional Medicare near end of life, we tested an expanded definition …

… We focused on NCI/NCCN centers … centers’ minority and white-specific end-of-life quality
metrics and to test whether minority-serving cancer centers had systematically lower end-of-life …

… patients approaching the end of life and to their families, 2 -4 the Medicare hospice benefit,
… percentage of Medicare beneficiaries who receive hospice services at the end of life, hospice …

… a We estimated the effects of Medicare Advantage (MA) enrollment on end-of-life care using
an instrumental variable (IV) approach. We exploited a discontinuity in the rules governing …