The health care cost of dying: a population-based retrospective cohort study of the last year of life in Ontario, Canada.

Coordinated and appropriate health care across sectors is an ongoing challenge, especially at the end-of-life. Population-level data on end-of-life health care use and cost, however, are seldom reported across a comprehensive array of sectors. Such data will identify the level of care being provided...

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Main Authors: Peter Tanuseputro, Walter P Wodchis, Rob Fowler, Peter Walker, Yu Qing Bai, Sue E Bronskill, Douglas Manuel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4374686?pdf=render