How Much Is Enough? Efficiency and Medicare Spending in the Last Six Months of Life

Jonathan S. Skinner & John Wennberg
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Copyright 2000
ISBN 0-226-13219-6
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PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press
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In Miami, average inpatient Medicare spending on people in their last six months of life was about double Medicare...

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