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PurposeThe objective of this study was to examine the rural‐urban differences in Medicare expenditures on end‐of‐life care for elderly cancer patients in the United States.
MethodsWe analyzed Medicare claims data for 175,181 elderly adults with lung, colorectal, female breast, or prostate cancer diagnosis who died in 2008. The end‐of‐life costs were quantified as total Medicare expenditures for the...
BackgroundAlthough previous research has documented rural disparities in hospice use, limited data exist on the roles of geographic access in different types of end‐of‐life indicators among cancer survivors.
MethodsMedicare claims data were used to identify beneficiaries with colorectal cancer who died in 2008 (N = 34,975). We evaluated rural‐urban differences in ER visits 90 days before death, inpatient...
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