Is end of life care costing us too much? According to a - TopicsExpress



          

Is end of life care costing us too much? According to a Medicare Local in a submission to the ACT budget - 70 per cent of older people want to die at home, but only 14 per cent do so. Each year, more than $2 billion is being spent on older people who die in hospital. As such the group is calling for an overhaul of end-of-life care to help rein in spending, and reduce the number of people dying in hospitals.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 04:10:01 +0000

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