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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedWang SY, Hall J, Pollack CE
Associations between end-of-life cancer care patterns and Medicare expenditures.
The authors examined the extent to which patterns of intensive end-of-life care explain geographic variation in end-of-life care expenditures among cancer decedents. The mean expenditure per cancer decedent in the last month of life was $10,800, with considerable variation in the percentage of decedents receiving intensive end-of-life care intervention. Regional patterns of late chemotherapy or late hospice use explained only approximately 1% of the expenditure difference, while the proportion of decedents who had ICU admissions within 30 days of death was a major driver of variation, explaining 37.6% of the expenditure difference. They concluded that promoting appropriate end-of-life care has the potential to reduce geographic variation in end-of-life care expenditures.
AHRQ-funded; HS023900.
Citation: Wang SY, Hall J, Pollack CE .
Associations between end-of-life cancer care patterns and Medicare expenditures.
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2016 Aug;14(8):1001-8.
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Keywords: Cancer, Elderly, Healthcare Costs, Medicare, Palliative Care
Dinan MA, Li Y, Zhang Y
Resource use in the last year of life among patients who died with versus of prostate cancer.
The researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare data of men with prostate cancer. Patients who died of prostate cancer rather than from other causes had more hospice and outpatient use, less inpatient and ICU use, and lower overall costs. Efforts to shift care toward outpatient settings might provide more efficient and judicious care for patients during the end of life.
AHRQ-funded; HS022189.
Citation: Dinan MA, Li Y, Zhang Y .
Resource use in the last year of life among patients who died with versus of prostate cancer.
Clin Genitourin Cancer 2016 Feb;14(1):28-37.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2015.07.006.
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Keywords: Cancer, Cancer: Prostate Cancer, Healthcare Costs, Healthcare Utilization, Men's Health, Mortality, Palliative Care, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research