Careful assessment of patient needs can reduce costs in end-of-life care
Decision-makers can manage high expenditures as deaths increase and improve patient experience if they understand what drives end-of-life costs and if services find a better balance between treating disease and managing symptoms, a new policy brief recommends.
The European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies just published a policy brief titled Health and social care near the end of life: can policies reduce costs and improve outcomes?
