ArticleJournal of palliative care2012
Inequalities in end-of-life care for colorectal cancer patients in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Geographic variations in place of death and palliative care utilisation in the last three months of life in high-income countries: a systematic review.BMC palliative care · 2025Pooled it
- Age- and gender-based social inequalities in palliative care for cancer patients: a systematic literature review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Socioeconomic position and use of healthcare in the last year of life: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PLoS medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Time to End-of-Life of Patients Starting Specialised Palliative Care in Denmark: A Descriptive Register-Based Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Better quality of end-of-life care for persons with advanced dementia in nursing homes compared to hospitals: a Swedish national register study.BMC palliative care · 2020Article
- Conceptualizing and Counting Discretionary Utilization in the Final 100 Days of Life: A Scoping Review.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2020Article
- Social disparities and symptom burden in populations with advanced cancer: specialist palliative care providers' perspectives.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2019Article
- Is admittance to specialised palliative care among cancer patients related to sex, age and cancer diagnosis? A nation-wide study from the Danish Palliative Care Database (DPD).BMC palliative care · 2017Article
- Factors associated with aggressive end of life cancer care.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2016Article
- Access to oncology consultation in a cancer cohort in northeastern Ontario.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2015Article
- Patterns of health care utilization preceding a colorectal cancer diagnosis are strong predictors of dying quickly following diagnosis.BMC palliative care · 2015Article
- Research in cancer care disparities in countries with universal healthcare: mapping the field and its conceptual contours.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2014Review
- Testing an unconventional mortality information source in the canton of Geneva Switzerland.Global journal of health science · 2013Article
- Association Between Timing of Specialist Palliative Care and End-Of-Life Healthcare Utilization in Patients With Colorectal Cancer and Related Intestinal Cancers: A Nationwide Register-Based Study.Cancer control : journal of the Moffitt Cancer CenterArticle
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Abstract
Access to high-quality end-of-life (EOL) care is critical for all those with incurable cancer. The objective of this study was to examine inequalities in access to, and quality of, EOL care by assessing registration in a palliative care program, emergency room visits in the last 30 days of life, and location of death among individuals who died of colorectal cancer in Nova Scotia, Canada, between 2001 and 2008. We used population-based linked administrative data and performed multivariate logistic regression models to assess the association between socio-economic, geographic, and demographic factors and outcomes related to access to, and quality of, EOL care (n=1201). This study demonstrates that although access to, and quality of, EOL care appears to have improved, there remain significant inequalities throughout the population. Of primary concern is the variation in access to, and quality of, EOL care based on geographic location of residence and patient age.
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