Disparities in end-of-life care for minoritized racial and ethnic patients during terminal hospitalizations in New York State
07/13/24 at 03:35 AM
Disparities in end-of-life care for minoritized racial and ethnic patients during terminal hospitalizations in New York State
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Miguel Cid, Main Lin Quan Vega, Zhixin Yang, Jean Guglielminotti, Guohua Li, May Hua; 7/24
Racial and ethnic minorities often receive care at different hospitals than non-Hispanic white patients, but how hospital characteristics influence the occurrence of disparities at the end of life is unknown. ... During terminal hospitalizations, Black patients were less likely than non-Hispanic White patients to have documented end-of-life care. This disparity appears to be more pronounced in non-teaching hospitals than in teaching hospitals.