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. 2017 Dec 1;177(12):1858-1860.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2017.4793.

Association of Racial Differences With End-of-Life Care Quality in the United States

Rashmi K Sharma  1 , Vicki A Freedman  2 , Vincent Mor  3 , Judith D Kasper  4 , Pedro Gozalo  3 , Joan M Teno  5
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Association of Racial Differences With End-of-Life Care Quality in the United States

Rashmi K Sharma et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional analysis of survey data collected from 2011 to 2015 for the National Health and Aging Trends Study assesses whether racial differences in the quality of end-of-life care persist in the United States.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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