NPR's Planet Money did a podcast on a a town in Wisconsin that reduced health care costs by having conversations with patients about death. It's worth a listen for an inexpensive solution to a costly problem: http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/10/05/496751771/episo...
Came here to post that link. RadioLab also did a good episode on the difference between what doctors vs regular people say they want in terms of end of life care: http://www.radiolab.org/story/262588-bitter-end/