Advance care planning and hospice utilization among Japanese Americans: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although advance care planning (ACP) has increased in recent years, there is still a discrepancy in the utilization of these resources among the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander populations. We present the first scoping review of ACP and hospice utilization among Japanese Americans.

Methods

This scoping review was created in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses 2020. A literature search was conducted using PubMed. The articles were screened, and the extracted articles then underwent thematic analysis.

Results

A total of 438 articles were found, and 7 articles remained for extraction. Japanese Americans had a high rate of completion for advance directives, comparable to that of White American

SUBMITTER: Fujioka G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12671500 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature