Healthcare use and costs in the last six months of life by level of care and cause of death

• Main Authors: Yvonne Anne Michel (Author), Eline Aas (Author), Liv Ariane Augestad (Author), Emily Burger (Author), Lisbeth Thoresen (Author), Gudrun Maria Waaler Bjørnelv (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Existing knowledge on healthcare use and costs in the last months of life is often limited to one patient group (i.e., cancer patients) and one level of healthcare (i.e., secondary care). Consequently, decision-makers lack knowledge in order to make informed decisions about the a...