Hospice Care
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
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Bhargava: Hospice care lowers healthcare costs and improves end-of-life experience
“Hospice care, which is a really, I think compelling. Proposition for patients. You know, it's a better way to end your life or to experience the final, you know, months of your life. And it's also a positive for the healthcare system. It's lower cost.”
Bertolini: 60% of lifetime healthcare costs occur at end of life
“What we found was, is that in hospice, end of life, where 60% of your lifetime costs are spent, Medicare rules, and most rules in most insurance companies require you to say, I can no longer seek curative services, and I have to give up hope.”