Breaking the Link Between Enrollment in Hospice and Discontinuation of Dialysis

JAMA Intern Med. 2023 Mar 1;183(3):177-178. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.6390.

Kai Romero^{1

2}, Eric Widera^{3

4}, Melissa W Wachterman^{5

6

7}

¹ By the Bay Health, San Francisco, California.
² Division of Palliative Medicine, University of California-San Francisco.
³ Division of Geriatrics, University of California-San Francisco.
⁴ San Francisco Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, San Francisco, California.
⁵ Section of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Boston Health Care System, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ Department of Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Plain language summary

This Viewpoint discusses Medicare coverage regarding hospice care for patients receiving dialysis at the end of life.