Medicare Program Expenditures Associated with Hospice Use

  1. Diane E. Campbell, PhD;
  2. Joanne Lynn, MD;
  3. Tom A. Louis, PhD; and
  4. Lisa R. Shugarman, PhD
  1. From Medical Outcomes Research and Evaluation Services, Thetford, Vermont; RAND, Santa Monica, California; The Washington Home Center for Palliative Care Studies, Washington, DC; and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
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      Figure. Estimated effect of hospice on adjusted mean Medicare program expenditures in the last year of life by type of Medicare expenditure within condition cohort and age stratum.
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    1. Ann Intern Med February 17, 2004 vol. 140 no. 4 269-277
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