Gaps in Provision of Primary and Specialty Palliative Care in the Acute Care Setting by Race and Ethnicity

Previous research has identified a large unmet need in provision of specialist-level palliative care services in the hospital. How much of this gap is filled by primary palliative care provided by generalists or non-palliative specialists has not been quantified. Estimates of racial and ethnic disparities have been inconsistent.

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