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ESRD Patients Underserved By Hospice

Published on Fri May 25, 2018

Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease aren't receiving as much hospice care as they should. So implies a study, "Hospice Use and End-of-Life Care for Patients With End-stage Renal Disease: Too Little, Too Late," in the latest issue of JAMA Internal Medicine. Utilization has increased, allow researchers from University of Wisconsin–Madison. While 11 percent of ESRD decedents studied used hospice in [...]
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