The Myth Regarding the High Cost of End-of-Life Care

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ID11035274
AutoresMelissa D Aldridge (0000-0002-3334-4542, The authors are with the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, and the James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY.), Amy S Kelley (0000-0002-6345-9834, The authors are with the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, and the James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY.)
Ano2015
Volume105
Fascículo12
Páginas2411-2415
Data de publicação2015-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditoraAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2015.302889
PMID26469646
OpenAlexW2129781472
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas20

Health care reform debate in the United States is largely focused on the highly concentrated health care costs among a small proportion of the population and policy proposals to identify and target this “high-cost” group. To better understand this population, we conducted an analysis for the Institute of Medicine Committee on Approaching Death using existing national data sets, peer-reviewed literature, and published reports. We estimated that in 2011, among those with the highest costs, only 11% were in their last year of life, and approximately 13% of the $1.6 trillion spent on personal health care costs in the United States was devoted to care of individuals in their last year of life. Public health interventions to reduce health care costs should target those with long-term chronic conditions and functional limitations

Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Family medicine · Health care · MEDLINE · Political science · Population · Psychological intervention · Public health · Healthcare cost, quality, practices · Healthcare Policy and Management · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Gerontology