Objectives: Published research in disparities in advance care planning, palliative, and end-
of-life care is limited. However, available data points to significant barriers to palliative and …

Background: Palliative care access, experiences and outcomes of care disadvantage those
from ethnically diverse, Indigenous, First nation and First people communities. Research into …

Racial inequities in palliative and end-of-life care have been well-documented for many
years. This inequity is long-standing and resistant to many intervention efforts. One reason …

Palliative care, unlike hospice, can be utilized concurrently with disease‐modifying or
curative therapies. Some of the benefits of palliative care include improved quality of life …

Importance In-hospital mortality of patients with sepsis is frequently measured for
benchmarking, both by researchers and policymakers. Prior studies have reported higher in …

Importance Racial disparities in timely diagnosis and treatment of surgical conditions exist;
however, it is poorly understood whether there are hospital structural measures or patient …

Importance Delayed appendicitis diagnosis is associated with worse outcomes. Appendicitis
hospital care costs associated with delayed diagnosis are unknown. Objective To determine …

Abstract Treatment of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) has markedly changed
in the past decade with the integration of biomarker testing, targeted therapies …

Background Racial/ethnic disparities in cancer outcomes may relate to variations in receipt
of National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guideline compliant care. Patients and …

Background Palliative care (PC) is recommended for gynecological cancer patients to
improve survival and quality-of-life. Our objective was to evaluate racial/ethnic disparities in …