RT Journal
A1 Unroe KT, Greiner MA, Hernandez AF, et al
T1 REsource use in the last 6 months of life among medicare beneficiaries with heart failure, 2000-2007
JF Archives of Internal Medicine
JO Archives of Internal Medicine
YR 2011
FD February 14
VO 171
IS 3
SP 196
OP 203
DO 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.371
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2010.371
AB 
Provision of high-quality health care at the end of life poses challenges for both health care providers and policy makers. End-of-life care has many dimensions, including patient preferences and values, health care provider practices, and concerns about the appropriate use of resources. Although most patients prefer to die at home, many die in hospitals or nursing homes.1- 3 The cost of health care at the end of life is also substantial. More than one-quarter of Medicare spending occurs in the last year of life, a figure that has remained stable for several decades.4- 6