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SUBMITTER: Gilstrap LG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6233308 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gilstrap Lauren G LG Huskamp Haiden A HA Stevenson David G DG Chernew Michael E ME Grabowski David C DC McWilliams J Michael JM
Health affairs (Project Hope) 20181001 10
End-of-life care is often overly aggressive and inconsistent with patients' preferences. Although end-of-life care could therefore be a natural target for accountable care organizations (ACOs) in their efforts to reduce spending, identifying and curbing wasteful care for patients at high risk of death may be challenging. To date, the impact of ACOs on end-of-life care has not been quantified. Using fee-for-service Medicare claims through 2015 and a difference-in-differences approach, we found ev ...[more]