Dying patients arehappier,less depressed,have less pain and survive longer when their end-of-lifecare wishes are known and followed,researchers report.
This type ofpatient-centered care can also help keep health costs down________(51)patientswho don't want aggressive treatment,the
(UCLA) research teamsaid.
"You canimprove care while________(52)cost by making sure that everything you do iscentered on what the patients want,what his or her specific goals are andtailor a
treatment plan toensure we_________(53)the specific care he or she wants,"Dr. JonathanBergman,a clinical scholar and fellow in the urology department,said in auniversity
news release.
__________(54)manycases,dying patients are given aggressive treatments that don't help themand_________(55)higher costs.
Patients whowant__________(56)care should receive it,but many don't want it and haven'tbeen_________(57)about their wishes,according to Bergman and colleagues,who
are testingpatient-centered care__________(58)cancer patients.
To change thesituation,doctors need to be educated about patient-centered care,theresearchers said. They also_________(59)that changes to Medicare should be
considered.But thisis a highly controversial topic that has been sidelined after recent suggestedchanges were characterized as creating"death panels".
"Given thedisproportionate cost of care at the very________(60)of life,the issue shouldbe revisited,"Bergman and colleagues wrote."We should address goalsof care,not
to___________(61)aggressivecare to those who want it,but to ensure that we deliver aggressive care only tothose who__________(62).This reduces costs and improves
outcomes."
The study authorsnoted that,according to the results of a 2004 study,30 percent of Medicaredollars are________(63)on the 5 percent of beneficiaries who die each year,and
one-third of thecosts in the final year of life_________(64)during the final month.
Previous researchhas shown that patient-centered care can reduce the costs in the last week oflife________(65)36 percent and that patients who receive such care are less
likely to die in anintensive care unit.
_________(59)
A.suggested
B.knew
C.promised
D.decided
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