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Hospice Patients' Diabetes Care Too Aggressive, Study Says

Published on Fri May 22, 2015

A new study published in the American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Care Medicine may decrease your financial obligations under the Medicare hospice benefit, while also improving patients’ quality of life. Hospice patients’ high blood sugar is being treated too aggressively, claims the study conducted by lead author Dr. Sei J. Lee, an associate professor of geriatrics at the University [...]
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