People approaching end of life account disproportionately for health care costs, and the majority of these costs accrue in hospitals. The economic evidence base to improve value of care to this population is thin. Natural experiment methods may be helpful in bridging evidence gaps with credible causal estimates from routine data, but these methods have seldom been applied in this field. This study aimed to evaluate the association between timely palliative care consultation and length of stay for adults with serious illness admitted to acute hospital in Ireland.
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