Quality of End-of-Life Care Provided to Patients With Different Serious Illnesses.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Efforts to improve end-of-life care have focused primarily on patients with cancer. High-quality end-of-life care is also critical for patients with other illnesses.

Objective

To compare patterns of end-of-life care and family-rated quality of care for patients dying with different serious illnesses.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in all 146 inpatient facilities within the Veteran Affairs health system among patients who died in inpatient facilities between October 1, 2009, and September 30, 2012, with clinical diagnoses categorized as end-stage renal disease (ESRD), cancer, cardiopulmonary failure (congestive heart failure or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), dementia, frailty, or other condition

SUBMITTER: Wachterman MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5470549 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature