Asian American Medicare Beneficiaries Disproportionately Receive Invasive Mechanical Ventilation When Hospitalized at the End-of-Life

Asian American Medicare Beneficiaries Disproportionately Receive Invasive Mechanical Ventilation When Hospitalized at the End-of-Life

Background: Asian Americans are the fastest-growing ethnic minority in the USA, but we know little about the end-of-life care for this population. Objective: Compare invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) use between older Asian and White decedents with hospitalization in the last 30 days of life. De...

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Main Authors: Bunker, J.N (Author), Gozalo, P. (Author), Jia, Z. (Author), Leiter, R.E (Author), Sanders, J.J (Author), Sullivan, D.R (Author), Teno, J.M (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2022
Subjects:
aged
Aged
artificial ventilation
Asian
Asian American
Asian Americans
death
Death
disparities
end-of-life
epidemiology
ethnicity
Ethnicity
female
Female
geriatric
hospitalization
Hospitalization
human
Humans
male
Male
medicare
Medicare
minority group
Minority Groups
Respiration, Artificial
Retrospective Studies
retrospective study
United States
ventilation
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