Researchers compared 2,396 physicians and 665,579 members of the general population, all at least 66 years old, who died in 2004 or 2005 in four U.S. states. They analyzed services received in the last six months of life, including surgery, hospice care, intensive care and whether the person died in a hospital.
Here are four things to know:
1. About 28 percent of physicians died in a hospital, compared to 32 percent of the general population.
2. About 25 percent of physicians had surgery in the last six months of life, compared to about 27 percent of the general population.
3. About 26 percent of physicians were admitted to intensive care units in the last months of life, compared to about 28 percent of the general population.
4. However, physicians were more likely to receive hospice care and to use less costly care before death, although those findings may be due to chance.
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