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Closing the Gap in Hospice Utilization for the Minority Medicare Population
Background: Medicare spends about 20% more on the last year of life for Black and Hispanic people than White people. With lower hospice utilization rates, racial/ethnic minorities receive fewer hospice-related benefits such as lesser symptoms, lower costs, and improved quality of life. For-profit ho...
Autores principales: | Hughes, M. Courtney, Vernon, Erin |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6598325/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31276019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2333721419855667 |
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