Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Nursing Home End-of-Life Care: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Health disparities are pervasive in nursing homes (NHs), but disparities in NH end-of-life (EOL) care (ie, hospital transfers, place of death, hospice use, palliative care, advance care planning) have not been comprehensively synthesized. We aim to identify differences in NH EOL care for racial/ethnic minority residents.

Design

A systematic review guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses and registered in PROSPERO (CRD42020181792).

Setting and participants

Older NH residents who were terminally ill or approaching the EOL, including racial/ethnic minority NH residents.

Methods

Three electronic databases were searched from 2010 to May 2020. Quality was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Estrada LV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8128037 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature