How do doctors determine the amount of time a terminally ill patient has left?

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How do doctors determine the amount of time a terminally ill patient has left?

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IIRC: It used to be based off of data sets. X number of people with Y problem lived an average of Z. With the advancement of science and technology the survivability of a lot of things has changed.

Now though? It depends on how good your insurance is and how much money you have.