Association between high cost user status and end-of-life care in hospitalized patients: A national cohort study of patients who die in hospital.
Kieran L QuinnAmy T HsuChristopher MeaneyDanial QureshiPeter TanuseputroHsien-Yeang SeowColleen WebberRob FowlerJames DownarRussell GoldmanRaphael ChanKimberlyn McGrailSarina R IsenbergPublished in: Palliative medicine (2021)
Many patients receive aggressive elements of end-of-life care during the hospitalization in which they die and a substantial number do not receive palliative care. Understanding how this care differs between those who were previously high- and non-high cost users may provide an opportunity to improve end of life care for whom better care planning and provision ought to be an equal priority.