Trends and Racial Disparities of Palliative Care Use among Hospitalized Patients with ESKD on Dialysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Study findings show that although palliative care decreases symptom burden, it is still underused in patients with ESKD. Little is known about disparity in use of palliative care services in such patients in the inpatient setting.

Methods

To investigate the use of palliative care consultation in patients with ESKD in the inpatient setting, we conducted a retrospective cohort study using the National Inpatient Sample from 2006 to 2014 to identify admitted patients with ESKD requiring maintenance dialysis. We compared palliative care use among minority groups (black, Hispanic, and Asian) and white patients, adjusting for patient and hospital variables.

Results

We identified 5,230,865 hospitalizations of such patients from 2006 through 2014, of which 76,659 (1

SUBMITTER: Wen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6727267 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature