title: Cost savings associated with expanded hospice use in Medicare.
authors: 1 Francis Weld Peabody Society, Harvard Medical School , Boston, Massachusetts.
authors: Brian W
authors: BW
authors: Powers
authors: Maggie
authors: M
authors: Makar
authors: Sachin H
authors: SH
authors: Jain
authors: David M
authors: DM
authors: Cutler
authors: Ziad
authors: Z
authors: Obermeyer
mesh_terms: D017046:Cost Savings / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000191:economics* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D019452:Terminally Ill / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States