Comparison of medical outcomes and health care costs at the end of life between dialysis patients with and without cancer: a national population-based study

摘要

BackgroundPalliative care has improved the quality of end-of-life (EOL) care and lowered the health care cost of cancer, and these benefits should be extended to patients with other serious illnesses including end-stage kidney disease. We evaluated the quality of EOL care, survival probabilities, and health care costs for dialysis patients in their last month of life.