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January 21, 2021American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®

Associations Between Health Literacy and End-of-Life Care Intensity Among Medicare Beneficiaries

Qingying Luo Kewei Sylvia Shi Peiyin Hung Shi‐Yi Wang

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Abstract

Medicare beneficiaries who resided in LHL areas were likely to receive aggressive EOL care. Tailored efforts to improve HL and facilitate patient-provider communications in LHL areas could reduce EOL care intensity.

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Luo et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7cf1433ca018b39ae2e27 https://doi.org/10.1177/1049909120988506

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