End‐of‐life emergency department use and healthcare expenditures among older adults: A nationally representative study
One in three older adults visit the ED in the last month of life, and approximately one in two utilize ED services in the last half-year of life, with evidence of associated considerable total and out-of-pocket spending.
Authors
- Cameron J. Gettel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6249-1023)
- Ula Hwang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3715-3073)
- Craig Rothenberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3594-600X)
- Yuxiao Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6275-2780)
- Courtney Kitchen
- Arjun K. Venkatesh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8248-0567)
- Adrian D. Haimovich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4106-7055)
- Kei Ouchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2723-4259)
- Susan N. Hastings (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5750-8820)
- Maura Kennedy
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Duke University (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center (US)
- James J. Peters VA Medical Center (US)
- Durham VA Health Care System (US)
- New York University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Published
- 2024-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.19199
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.85
Funders
- Dolby Family Ventures
- National Institute on Aging