title: Can health care costs be reduced by limiting intensive care at the end of life?
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA. john_luce@sfgh.org
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Luce
authors.forename: Gordon D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Rubenfeld
mesh_terms: D016223:Advance Directives; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017048:Health Care Costs; D015276:Health Care Rationing / Q000191:economics*; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008020:Life Support Care / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011379:Prognosis; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States