Association between hospice enrollment, total health care costs for insurers, families

JAMA Network

What The Study Did: Researchers estimated the association of hospice care with lower total health care costs for the last days and months of life.

Authors: Melissa D. Aldridge, Ph.D., of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.5104)

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