Importance Although hospice use is increasing and patients in the US are increasingly dying
at home, racial disparities in treatment intensity at the end of life, including hospice use,
remain. Objective To examine differences between Black and White patients in end-of-life
care in a population sample with well-characterized causes of death. Design, Setting, and
Participants This study used data from the Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences
in Stroke (REGARDS) study, an ongoing population-based cohort study with enrollment …