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Racial And Ethnic Differences In Hospice Use Among Patients With Heart Failure, Jane Givens, Jennifer Tjia, Chao Zhou, Ezekiel Emanuel, Arlene Ash
Racial And Ethnic Differences In Hospice Use Among Patients With Heart Failure, Jane Givens, Jennifer Tjia, Chao Zhou, Ezekiel Emanuel, Arlene Ash
Jennifer Tjia
BACKGROUND: Heart failure is the leading noncancer diagnosis for patients in hospice care and the leading cause of hospitalization among Medicare beneficiaries. Racial and ethnic differences in hospice patients are well documented for patients with cancer but poorly described for those with heart failure.
METHODS: On the basis of a national sample of 98 258 Medicare beneficiaries 66 years and older on January 1, 2001, with a diagnosis of heart failure who had at least 1 physician or hospital encounter and who were not enrolled in hospice care between January 1 and December 31, 2000, we determined the effect of …