Fig. 1From: Cost of physician-led home visit care (Zaitaku care) compared with hospital care at the end of life in JapanTotal cost of Zaitaku care at end of life. Horizontal axis shows the duration of Zaitaku care. Vertical axis shows the medical costs per day for each patient. The patients are plotted by the shorter duration and the higher costs of Zaitaku care. Those data are shown in Additional file 1 and 2 Back to article page