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This page features research conducted by RAND Health research staff that has been published in a scholarly journal.End-of-Life Care: An Agenda for Policy Improvement
Shugarman LR, Lorenz K, Lynn J. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, Vol. 21, No. 1, Feb 2005, pp. 255-272.
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Abstract
Current arrangements for health care in the United States do not adequately address the needs of a growing population that has serious, eventually fatal chronic illness. New programs and policies are necessary to encourage coordination of care; better match services to the needs of patients; better provide education and incentives; and better support formal and informal caregivers. Models of end-of-life care, such as MediCaring, are described along with a research and policy agenda that focuses on modifying the health care system and building on new innovations.
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