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End-of-life emergency department use and healthcare expenditures among older adults: A nationally representative study.

Cameron J GettelCourtney KitchenCraig RothenbergYuxiao SongSusan N HastingsMaura KennedyKei OuchiAdrian D HaimovichUla HwangArjun K Venkatesh
Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2024)
One in three older adults visit the ED in the last month of life, and approximately one in two utilize ED services in the last half-year of life, with evidence of associated considerable total and out-of-pocket spending.
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