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Committee on Approaching Death: Addressing Key End of Life Issues; Institute of Medicine. Dying in America: Improving Quality and Honoring Individual Preferences Near the End of Life. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2015 Mar 19.

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FIGURE E-4. Proportion of the total and high-cost populations by age.

FIGURE E-4Proportion of the total and high-cost populations by age

SOURCE: 2011 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data (AHRQ and HHS, 2011), adjusted to include the nursing home population (CMS, 2012, 2014; National Center for Health Statistics, 2013).

From: Appendix E, Epidemiology of Serious Illness and High Utilization of Health Care

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