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Research Highlights Archive: End-of-Life Care
2009 — 2008 — 2007 — 2006 and Prior
2009
Research Highlights represent a selected portion of RAND Health research. For more, browse all RAND Health research.
What constitutes quality of care for terminally ill cancer patients? — October 10, 2009
Quality indicators for end-of-life care need to reflect the scope of care, be feasible to implement, and be evidence-based.
Advance planning for end-of-life care: a casualty of the reform debate — September 11, 2009
The sharing of information, discussion, and choice were at the heart of the now-defunct provision in the proposed healthcare reform legislation that would have reimbursed doctors for counseling end-of-life to patients and their families at this crucial time.
Health care spending falls at the end of life — July 30, 2009
The intensity of treatment, and therefore health care costs, declines with age in most countries.
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