-for-service Medicare beneficiaries, we document the association between mortality risk and end-of-life medical spending. Mortality risk at … found that, among decedents, end-of-life spending is inversely related to predicted mortality risk, ranging from $US23 …_000 for decedents with mortality risk in the interval 0.00-0.05 to $US16_000 for decedents with mortality risk >0.25 (1999 …

Objective: To identify any changes in expenditures and in morbidity and mortality with the progression of treatment of …, laboratory and prescription costs, and morbidity and mortality rates. Main outcome measures and results: The 3 periods had … immunosuppression (defined as CD4+ lymphocyte counts <500 cells/mm3). Morbidity and mortality were not changed by the addition of dual …

justifiable in terms of the mortality and morbidity gains associated with the new lower-risk NSAIDs. …

Background— Women with acute myocardial infarction have a higher hospital mortality rate than men. This difference has … study is to assess these factors in relation to excess mortality in women. Methods and Results— All hospital admissions in … regression on mortality was performed for age, comorbidities, and coronary interventions. Nonparametric microsimulation models …