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Background Specialty palliative care (SPC) provides patient-centered care to people with serious illness and may reduce costs. Specific cost-saving functions of SPC remain unclear. Objectives (1) To assess the effect of SPC on inpatient costs and length of stay (LOS) and (2) to evaluate differences in costs by indication and timing of SPC. Design Case-control with in patients who received an SPC consultation and propensity matched controls. Setting One large U.S. integrated delivery finance system. Measurements Using administrative da