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The power of advance care planning in promoting hospice and out-of-hospital death in a dialysis unit.
J Palliat Med
January 2015
1 West Virginia University Schools of Medicine, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Background: Despite mortality rates that exceed those of most cancers, hospice remains underutilized in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on dialysis and nearly half of all dialysis patients die in the hospital.
Objective: To review the impact of advance care planning on withdrawal from dialysis, use of hospice, and location of death.
Design: Retrospective review.