Is there lower utilisation of hospice care services during end-of-life care for people living with HIV? A population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Hospice care could improve the quality of life among advanced HIV patients during end-of-life (EOL) treatment. However, providing hospice care services for people living with HIV (PLWH) is challenging due to HIV-related stigma. This nationwide cohort study aims to determine the utilisation of hospice care services among PLWH and HIV-negative individuals during EOL treatment.

Design

A retrospective cohort study.

Setting

From 2000 to 2018, we identified adult PLWH from the Taiwan centres for disease control HIV Surveillance System. Individuals who had positive HIV-1 western blots were regarded as HIV-infected. Age-matched and sex-matched controls without HIV infection were selected from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database for comparison. All

SUBMITTER: Chan SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8921921 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature