title: Hospice Use, Hospitalization, and Medicare Spending at the End of Life.
authors.affiliation: Office of Health Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, District of Columbia.|Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
authors.forename: Rachael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zuckerman
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stearns
authors.affiliation: Office of Health Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, District of Columbia.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sheingold
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006738:Hospices / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States