Infrequent Provision of Palliative Care to Patients with Dialysis-Requiring AKI

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Explores the use of palliative care among patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) who require dialysis. Examines data contained in the National Inpatient Sample (NIS) database from 44 states and over 4,000 hospitals. Compares palliative care use across different comorbidities, patient demographics, and hospital types, including urban and rural hospitals.

Kelly Chong, Samuel A. Silver, Jin Long, et al.

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 12(11), 1744-1752

11/2017

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Health conditions · Hospice and palliative care · Hospitals · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data