Trends in Receipt of Intensive Procedures at the End of Life Among Patients Treated With Maintenance Dialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many dialysis patients receive intensive procedures intended to prolong life at the very end of life. However, little is known about trends over time in the use of these procedures. We describe temporal trends in receipt of inpatient intensive procedures during the last 6 months of life among patients treated with maintenance dialysis.

Study design

Mortality follow-back study.

Setting & participants

649,607 adult Medicare beneficiaries on maintenance dialysis therapy who died in 2000 to 2012.

Predictors

Period of death (2000-2003, 2004-2008, or 2009-2012), age at time of death (18-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-84, and ≥85 years), and race/ethnicity (Hispanic, non-Hispanic black, or non-Hispanic white).

Outcome

Receipt of an inpatient inte

SUBMITTER: Eneanya ND 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5182121 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature