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Differences in medical costs for end-of-life patients receiving traditional care and those receiving hospice care: A retrospective study.

Ya-Ting HuangYing-Wei WangChou-Wen ChiWen-Yu HuRung LinChih-Chung ShiaoWoung-Ru Tang
Published in: PloS one (2020)
Hospice care can effectively save a large amount of end-of-life medical costs, and more medical costs are saved when patients are referred to hospice care earlier.
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