Completion of Advance Directives Among U.S. Consumers

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Nursing, Communication, Medical Education +17

Long‐Term Trends in Medicare Payments in the Last Year of Life

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Public Affairs, Geriatric Medicine, Health Policy +11

Regional Variation in the Association Between Advance Directives and End-of-Life Medicare Expenditures

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Law, Health Policy, End-of-life Care +14

Rising Out-Of-Pocket Spending For Chronic Conditions: A Ten-Year Trend

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Public Affairs, Health Policy, Pharmacoeconomics +17

Why Don't Patients and Physicians Talk About End-of-Life Care?: Barriers to Communication for Patients With Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Their Primary Care Clinicians

J. Randall Curtis · Archives of Internal Medicine · 2000 · 227 citations

Nursing, Communication, End-of-life Care +16