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cord-311222-vw4b9xmg	Haydar, Ali	Palliative Care Utilization among Patients with COVID-19 in an Underserved Population: A Single-Center Retrospective Study	2020-05-23		.txt	text/plain	2032	122	47	title: Palliative Care Utilization among Patients with COVID-19 in an Underserved Population: A Single-Center Retrospective Study BACKGROUND: As healthcare institutions mobilize resources to address the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, palliative care may potentially be underutilized. Patients who got palliative care consults were of older age, had higher rates of intubation, need for vasopressors, and death. Patients who got palliative care consults were of older age, had higher rates of intubation, need for vasopressors, and death. As the world battles the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it is critical to use palliative care as an approach to ease the burden of this life-threatening illness on patients and their families. Hence, we present a study assessing the rates of utilization of palliative care in an underserved high-risk COVID-19 patient population. There was a relatively low utilization rate of palliative care in patients with COVID-19.	./cache/cord-311222-vw4b9xmg.txt	./txt/cord-311222-vw4b9xmg.txt