What is the percentage of health care costs in the final months of life?

December 24th, 2008 | by admin |
health care
jl a asked:


I have heard that 80% of health care expenditures in the US are spent in the final three months of life. This seems to be one ofthe reason that the US has higher cost of medical care than other countries.

Bill
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    1. One Response to “What is the percentage of health care costs in the final months of life?”

    2. By meg on Dec 27, 2008 | Reply

      For medicare 77 costs occurred in the last mo and become seriously ill you are old and become seriously ill young.

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