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To: flatsville who wrote (53423)	6/8/2000 11:08:00 PM
From: Tunica Albuginea	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

OT/flatsville: I acccept your most recent info: " According to a HCFA study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, 29 percent of Medicare payments for the elderly in 1988 were made for beneficiaries during the last year of life. ". as you see however, that is different from what you had asserted before: Message 13850229 "One study indicted 80% of all costs under Medicare occur in the last two weeks of life " TA Message #53423 from flatsville at Jun 8, 2000 4:15 PM ET OT--TA My study material is in print and packed away. So I went to the web and found two sources that cite a 1988 study which is apparently the latest formal study officially cited. I know those numbers have changed. The one I have on file indicates otherwise. I'll try to find it. ahcpr.gov According to a HCFA study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, 29 percent of Medicare payments for the elderly in 1988 were made for beneficiaries during the last year of life. Although this study is slightly dated, researchers found a flat trend from 1976 to 1988 (Lubitz and Riley, 1993). Analysts often emphasize that 10 percent of the population accounts for 70 percent of expenditures. books.nap.edu (similar nos.)