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By Armando Armas, MD  / January 25, 2015

Better Studies Needed to Dispel Confusion Over When to Refer a Patient to Hospice

I read the article on “Private Payer and Academic Center Data Capture Inappropriate Use of End-of Life Care” (The ASCO Post, December 15, 2014, page 11). The data highlight Dr. Deborah Schrag’s notion that there is “ample evidence of overuse of intensive care at the end of life.” However, there is...