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Inside Out Documentaries:The Quality of Death, End of Life Care in America
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Further Reading

Abandonment at the End of Life From Patient, Caregiver, Nurse, and Physician Perspectives: Loss of Continuity and Lack of Closure

Anthony L. Back, MD; Jessica P. Young, MS; Ellen McCown, BA; Ruth A. Engelberg, PhD; Elizabeth K. Vig, MD; Lynn F. Reinke, PhD; Marjorie D. Wenrich, MPH; Barbara B. McGrath, PhD; J. Randall Curtis, MD, MPH
Archives of Internal Medicine, March 9, 2009
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Putting Muscle Behind End-of-Life Wishes

Jane E. Brody
The New York Times, February 24, 2009
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Growth in National Health Expenditures Expected to Slow by 2009 as a Result of Recession, But Health to Continue Growing as Share of Economy

CMS Office of Public Affairs
Medicare News, February 24, 2009
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Fighting On

Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D., Nihar R. Desai, M.D., and Philip Green, M.D.
The New England Journal of Medicine, January 28, 2009
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CMS Reports Lowest Rate of Overall Growth in National Health Spending Since 1998: Health Spending Growing Faster than Economic Growth

CMS Office of Public Affairs
Medicare News, January 6, 2009
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Palliative Care FAQ

Center to Advance Palliative Care, 2008
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From Volume to Value: Transforming Health Care Payment and Delivery Systems to Improve Quality and Reduce Costs

Network for Regional Healthcare Improvement
Recommendations of the 2008 NRHI Healthcare Payment Reform Summit, November 2008
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Medicare Fact Sheets

Medicare Policy Project
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, June 18, 2008
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At Home in Hospice

Linda Keslar
Proto, Spring 2007
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Medical Care – Is more Always Better?

Elliot S. Fisher, M.D., M.P.H.
The New England Journal of Medicine, October 23, 2003
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Decisions at the End of Life

Jeffrey M. Drazen, M.D.
The New England Journal of Medicine, September 18, 2003
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