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Stevenson DG, Ayanian JZ, Zaslavsky AM, Newhouse JP, Landon BE. Service use at the end-of-life in Medicare advantage versus traditional Medicare. Medical care. 2013 Oct;51(51). 931-7. NIHMSID: NIHMS516103.
Abstract
Relative to traditional fee-for-service Medicare, managed care plans caring for Medicare beneficiaries may be better positioned to promote recommended services and discourage burdensome procedures with little clinical value at the end of life.