Why Is End-of-Life Spending So High? Evidence from Cancer Patients

Autor:	Dan Zeltzer, Liran Einav, Amy Finkelstein, Tzvi Shir, Salomon M. Stemmer, Ran D. Balicer
Rok vydání:	2023
Předmět:	Economics and Econometrics Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Zdroj:	Review of Economics and Statistics. 105:511-527
ISSN:	1530-9142 0034-6535
Popis:	We study the sources of high end-of-life spending for cancer patients. Even among patients with similar initial prognoses, spending in the year postdiagnosis is over twice as high for those who die within the year than those who survive. Elevated spending on decedents is predominantly driven by higher inpatient spending, particularly low-intensity admissions. However, most such admissions do not result in death, making it difficult to target spending reductions. Furthermore, end-of-life spending is substantially more elevated for younger patients, compared to older patients with similar prognoses. Results highlight sources of high end-of-life spending without revealing any natural “remedies.”
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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