Costs in the Last Year of Life in the Netherlands

• Egile Nagusiak: Tom Stooker (Egilea), Joost W. van Acht (Egilea), Erik M. van Barneveld (Egilea), René C.J.A. van Vliet (Egilea), Ben A. van Hout (Egilea), Dick J. Hessing (Egilea), Jan J.V. Busschbach (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: SAGE Publishing, 2001-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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The costs of health care in the last year of life are a subject of debate and myth. Expensive interventions at the end of life often are blamed for the rapid increase in health care spending, but evidence about the existence of such exceptionally high expenditures at the end of life is rare and faul...