TY  - JOUR
T1  - REsource use in the last 6 months of life among medicare beneficiaries with heart failure, 2000-2007
AU  - Unroe KT, Greiner MA, Hernandez AF, et al
Y1  - 2011/02/14
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.371
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 196
EP  - 203
VL  - 171
IS  - 3
N2  - 
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

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.371
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2010.371
ER  -