Patterns of palliative care utilization among patients with end stage liver disease during end-of-life hospitalizations: A population-level analysis

Conclusions: There was persistent gap in use of PC among ICU-managed patients with ESLD during end-of-life hospitalization. ICU utilization rose, unexpectedly, despite the increasing use of PC in this cohort, and PC utilization was, paradoxically, lower among patients with the highest need.