Hospital care for children and young adults in the last year of life: a population-based study

Chris Feudtner^1,2 , David L DiGiuseppe³ and John M Neff⁴

¹  Pediatric Advanced Care Team and the Pediatric Generalists Research Group, Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

²  Center for Bioethics, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

³  Child Health Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

⁴  Center for Children with Special Needs, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center; Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington; Seattle, Washington, USA