A Comparison of Palliative Care Delivery between Ethnically Chinese and Non-Chinese Canadians in the Last Year of Life.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Ethnically Chinese adults in Canada and the United States face multiple barriers in accessing equitable, culturally respectful care at the end-of-life. Palliative care (PC) is committed to supporting patients and families in achieving goal-concordant, high-quality serious illness care. Yet, current PC delivery may be culturally misaligned. Therefore, understanding ethnically Chinese patients' use of palliative care may uncover modifiable factors to sustained inequities at the end-of-life.

Objective

To compare the use and delivery of PC in the last year of life between ethnically Chinese and non-Chinese adults.

Design

Population-based cohort study.

Participants

All Ontario adults who died between January 1st, 2012, and October 31st, 2022, in Ontario,

SUBMITTER: Jia Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11535090 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature