Hospital Expenditure at the End-of-Life: A Time-to-Death Approach.
Vahid AlipourAbolghasem PourrezaMajid KosheshiHassan HeydariGrigory V ZyryanovPublished in: International journal of health policy and management (2020)
The results confirm that TTD as a proxy of mortality indicator has a considerable effect on decedents' HIE. The age variable has not directly affected decedents' HIE but indirectly and through its interaction with TTD has a statistically significant effect on HIE. In addition to age, policy-makers should consider TTD to make better predictions of future HIE.