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ArticleTzu chi medical journal

Utilization of hospice and nonhospice care in patients with end-stage renal disease on dialysis.

Shu-Chen Wang, Kai-Chieh Hu, Wei-Chuan Chang, Chung-Y Hsu

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Shu-Chen WangDepartment of Nursing, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.
Kai-Chieh HuManagement Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Wei-Chuan ChangDepartment of Medical Research, Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Hualien, Taiwan.
Chung-Y HsuCollege of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
China Medical University · TWHualien Tzu Chi Medical Center · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWTzu Chi Foundation · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: The prevalence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and the number of patients undergoing dialysis in Taiwan are high. Since September 2009, the National Health Insurance has started to provide hospice care to patients with renal failure in Taiwan. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the use of hospice and nonhospice care in patients with ESRD on dialysis. We aim to understand trends in patients with ESRD receiving hospice and nonhospice care as well as medical care efforts during the last month of their lives (2009-2013). Materials and Methods: The cohort study was conducted using 1 million randomly selected samples from the Taiwan Health Insurance Research Database for millions of people in Taiwan in 2009-2013. Descriptive statistics were presented to summarize the characteristics of data. To compare differences between cohorts, Chi-square tests and Student's Results: We recruited 770 ESRD patients who underwent hemodialysis; among them, 154 patients received hospice care. Patients who received hospice care had a significantly longer survival time after removal of mechanical ventilator (20 vs. 0 days) and after discontinuation of dialysis (2 vs. 0 days) compared with those who did not receive hospice care. Patients who received hospice care had more pain control (61.04% vs. 17.37%, Conclusion: Our results suggest that the addition of hospice care may permit patients a longer life-support-free survival time. In addition, despite a more frequent symptomatic controlling agent use, hospice care significantly reduced the overall medical expenditure.

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DialysisEnd-stage renal diseaseHospice

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