Describing Death in America:

What We Need to Know

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Publication Year:2003

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June R. Lunney, Kathleen M. Foley, Thomas J. Smith, and Helen Gelband, Editors, National Research Council
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National expenditures for medical care in the months and days preceding death are enormous. But we do not know whether that money is buying good quality care or optimizing the quality of life of those dying, or whether the situation ...
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Front Matter	i-xiv
Executive Summary	1-15	(skim)
1. Introduction and Overview	16-20	(skim)
2. Key Data Elements Pertaining to the End of Life	21-27	(skim)
3. Currently Available Datasets	28-52	(skim)
4. Methodological Issues in the Collection and Use of Data About Dying	53-62	(skim)
5. Conclusions and Recommendations	63-67	(skim)
References	68-72	(skim)
Appendix A: Administrative Information for Relevant Datasets	73-95	(skim)
Appendix B: Information on Selected Variables	96-106	(skim)
Appendix C: Workshop Agenda and Participants	107-109	(skim)

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National expenditures for medical care in the months and days preceding death are enormous. But we do not know whether that money is buying good quality care or optimizing the quality of life of those dying, or whether the situation is getting better or worse over time. The information that exists describing death at a national level though some of it is very informative is fragmentary. This report recommends ways to fill the information gaps by better use of existing nationally-representative data, and through some new measures, in particular, a new, ongoing National Mortality Followback Survey. The aim is to allow us to benchmark where we are today as a society, and what goals we can set to minimize pain and suffering and maximize the quality of life of all of us who will die in the years to come.

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What We Need to Know

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