Medical Xpress August 3, 2024
Early withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy (WLST) is more likely among uninsured trauma patients, according to a study published online July 24 in JAMA Network Open.
Graeme Hoit, M.D., from the University of Toronto, and colleagues assessed if patient insurance type (private insurance, Medicaid, and uninsured) is associated with time to WLST in critically injured adults treated at U.S. trauma centers. The analysis included 307,731 patients injured between Jan. 1, 2017, and Dec. 31, 2020.
The researchers found that 4.2 percent of patients underwent WLST during their admission. Earlier WLST was significantly more likely among patients who were uninsured versus those with private insurance...
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