2018
DOI: 10.1177/2054358118783761
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Home Palliative Service Utilization and Care Trajectory Among Ontario Residents Dying on Chronic Dialysis

Abstract: Background:Many patients who receive chronic hemodialysis have a limited life expectancy comparable to that of patients with metastatic cancer. However, patterns of home palliative care use among patients receiving hemodialysis are unknown.Objectives:We aimed to undertake a current-state analysis to inform measurement and quality improvement in palliative service use in Ontario.Methods:We conducted a descriptive study of outcomes and home palliative care use by Ontario residents maintained on chronic dialysis … Show more

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“…Many people treated with PD face a high burden of comorbidity, short life expectancy, low quality of life, socioeconomic deprivation, and high rates of anxiety and depression. 24 Therefore, for shared decision making to be effective, engagement, education, and empowerment of these individuals are all crucial. All these goals can be achieved with person-centered care.…”
Section: Commentarymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many people treated with PD face a high burden of comorbidity, short life expectancy, low quality of life, socioeconomic deprivation, and high rates of anxiety and depression. 24 Therefore, for shared decision making to be effective, engagement, education, and empowerment of these individuals are all crucial. All these goals can be achieved with person-centered care.…”
Section: Commentarymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…It can reduce the number of emergency room visits [8], admissions to intensive care units [8], hospitalizations [9], hospital deaths, and health care costs [10]. It can also increase the length of the home stays of patients [11] and the rate of home deaths [8, 12, 13]. Those patients who received home-based palliative care and their families also felt safe and hopeful [14].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…4 A recent study of dialysis patient’s end of life (EOL) in Ontario demonstrated one-third died in intensive care unit, another one-third died in an acute care hospital or emergency department while few received palliative care. 5 These findings suggest EOL on dialysis may be suboptimal and not consistent with patient wishes.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 96%