Predictors of Intense Treatment in the Emergency Department Among Older Adults With Serious Life-Limiting Illnesses: A Five-Year Cross-sectional Analysis of Medicare Claims Data
Abstract:Background: Treatment intensity of end-of-life care is the degree of aggressiveness of medical care aimed at providing life-prolonging medical care to patients with serious life-limiting illnesses. This study aims to assess the demographic and health characteristics associated with older adults with serious life-limiting illnesses who received highly intense end-of-life care. Methods: For this cross-sectional analysis, we pooled the 2015 to 2019 Medicare claims data of adults 65 years and older who visited at … Show more
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