Prevalence of co‐occurring serious illness diagnoses and association with health care utilization at the end of life

End‐of‐life care differs by serious illness diagnosis. Cancer and dementia are serious illnesses that have been associated with less intensive end‐of‐life health care use. It is not known how health care utilization varies in the presence of >1 serious illness.

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