Long‐Term Trends in Medicare Payments in the Last Year of Life

A controlled trial to improve care for seriously ill hospitalized patients. The study to understand prognoses and preferences for outcomes and risks of treatments (SUPPORT). The SUPPORT Principal Investigators

1995 • 2,794 citations

A Controlled Trial to Improve Care for Seriously III Hospitalized Patients

1995 • 2,163 citations

Family Perspectives on End-of-Life Care at the Last Place of Care

2004 • 1,449 citations

Trends in the Aggressiveness of Cancer Care Near the End of Life

2004 • 947 citations

Trends in Medicare Payments in the Last Year of Life

1993 • 726 citations

Medicare Beneficiaries’ Costs Of Care In The Last Year Of Life

2001 • 542 citations

The Effect of Longevity on Spending for Acute and Long-Term Care

2000 • 381 citations

The Economics of Dying -- The Illusion of Cost Savings at the End of Life

1994 • 346 citations

Use of hospitals, physician visits, and hospice care during last six months of life among cohorts loyal to highly respected hospitals in the United States

2004 • 289 citations

The Rise In Spending Among Medicare Beneficiaries: The Role Of Chronic Disease Prevalence And Changes In Treatment Intensity

2006 • 262 citations

Medical Expenditures during the Last Year of Life: Findings from the 1992–1996 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey

2002 • 261 citations

The use and costs of Medicare services in the last 2 years of life.

1984 • 257 citations

Resurrecting Treatment Histories of Dead Patients

2004 • 245 citations

Trends in Inpatient Treatment Intensity among Medicare Beneficiaries at the End of Life

2004 • 233 citations

Improving generalist end of life care: national consultation with practitioners, commissioners, academics, and service user groups

2008 • 212 citations

Influence of Age on Medicare Expenditures and Medical Care in the Last Year of Life

2001 • 212 citations

Health care expenditure in the last months of life

2000 • 172 citations

"The High Cost of Dying" Revisited

1994 • 140 citations

Frontiers in the Economics of Aging

1998 • 133 citations

Quality Improvements in End of Life Care: Insights from Two Collaboratives

2000 • 75 citations

The use and costs of Medicare services by cause of death.

1987 • 71 citations

Can Primary Care Visits Reduce Hospital Utilization Among Medicare Beneficiaries at the End of Life?

2008 • 67 citations

Disability And Health Care Spending Among Medicare Beneficiaries

2005 • 61 citations

Costs in the Last Year of Life in the Netherlands

2001 • 47 citations

Frontiers in Health Policy Research

1998 • 41 citations

What Is Known About the Economics of End-of-Life Care for Medicare Beneficiaries?

2002 • 36 citations

Inequality in the face of death? Public expenditure on health care for different socioeconomic groups in the last year of life

2007 • 33 citations

Reforming Medicare's Physician Payment System

2009 • 22 citations

End of Life Medicare and Medicaid Expenditures for Dually Eligible Beneficiaries

2006 • 18 citations

Improving Generalist End of Life Care

2008 • 9 citations

Quality Improvements in End of Life Care

2000 • 4 citations