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Samuel-Ryals CA, Mbah OM, Hinton SP, Cross SH, Reeve BB, Dusetzina SB. Evaluating the Contribution of Patient-Provider Communication and Cancer Diagnosis to Racial Disparities in End-of-Life Care Among Medicare Beneficiaries. Journal of general internal medicine. 2021 May 7.
Abstract
The quality of end-of-life (EOL) care in the USA remains suboptimal, with significant variations in care by race and across disease subgroups. Patient-provider communication may contribute to racial and disease-specific variations in EOL care outcomes.