Healthcare Utilization and Costs for Patients With End-stage Liver Disease are Significantly Higher at the End of Life Compared to Those of Other Decedents

Patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) have progressively complex medical needs. However, little is known about their end of life health care utilization or associated costs. We performed a population-based study to evaluate the end of life direct utilization and costs for patients with ESLD among health care sectors in the province of Ontario.

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