Palliative Care and Health Care Utilization for Patients With End-Stage Liver Disease at the End of Life.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

There has been increased attention on ways to improve the quality of end-of-life care for patients with end-stage liver disease; however, there have been few reports of care experiences for patients during terminal hospitalizations. We analyzed data from a large national database to increase our understanding of palliative care for and health care utilization by patients with end-stage liver disease.

Methods

We performed a cross-sectional, observational study to examine terminal hospitalizations of adults with decompensated cirrhosis using data from the National Inpatient Sample from 2009 through 2013. We collected data on palliative care consultation and total hospital costs, and performed multivariate regression analyses to identify factors associated wit

SUBMITTER: Patel AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5544588 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature