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1. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Hospice Use Among Patients With Heart Failure.

Author

Givens, Jane L., Tjia, Jennifer, Zhou, Chao, Emanuel, Ezekiel, and Ash, Arlene S.

Subjects
*RACISM in medicine, *HOSPICE care, *HEART failure patients, *MEDICAL care of ethnic groups, *ETHNICITY & society, *RACE & society, *MEDICARE beneficiaries, *MEDICAL care
Abstract

The article presents a study on the effect of race and ethnicity in hospice care for heart failure (HF) patients. It states that 98,258 Medicare beneficiaries aged 66 years and above on January 1, 2001 who were diagnosed with heart failure and were not under hospice care served as subjects of the study. Findings show racial and ethnic differences in use of hospice care for HF patients after adjustment of factors including urbanicity, sociodemographics, and comorbidities.

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2010
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