ArticleBMC palliative care2015
Emergency visits among end-of-life cancer patients in Taiwan: a nationwide population-based study.
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- Effectiveness of Palliative Care before Death in Reducing Emergency Care Utilization for Patients with Terminal Cancer and Trends in the Utilization of Palliative Care from 2005-2018.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A study of the factors associated with emergency department visits in advanced cancer patients receiving palliative care.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
- Mapping the future for research in emergency medicine palliative care: A research roadmap.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2022Article
- Aggressiveness of care in the last days of life in the emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Korea.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
- Prospective cohort study on the incidence and risk factors of emergency home visits among Japanese home care patients.Journal of general and family medicine · 2021Article
- Factors affecting use of unscheduled care for people with advanced cancer: a retrospective cohort study in Scotland.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2019Article
- Cancer patients as frequent attenders in emergency departments: A national cohort study.Cancer medicine · 2018Article
- Oncologic emergencies in a cancer center emergency department and in general emergency departments countywide and nationwide.PloS one · 2018Article
- Retrospective one-million-subject fixed-cohort survey of utilization of emergency departments due to traumatic causes in Taiwan, 2001-2010.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundAn increased number of emergency visits at the end of life may indicate poor-quality cancer care. The study aimed to investigate the prevalence and utilization of emergency visits and to explore the reasons for emergency department (ED) visits among cancer patients at the end of life.
methodsA retrospective cohort study was performed by tracking one year of ambulatory medical service records before death. Data were collected from the cancer dataset of Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD).
resultsA total of 32,772 (19.2%) patients with malignant cancer visited EDs, and 23,883 patients died during the study period. Of these, the prevalence of emergency visits in the mortality group was 81.5%, and their ED utilization was significantly increased monthly to the end of life. The most frequent types of cancer were digestive and peritoneum cancers (34.8%), followed by breast cancer (17.7%) and head and neck cancers (13.3%). Older patients, males, and those diagnosed with metastases, respiratory or digestive cancer were more likely to use ED services at the end of life. Use of an ED service in the nearest community hospital to replace medical centers for dying cancer patients would be more acceptable in emergency situations.
conclusionsOur study provided population-based evidence related to ED utilization. An understanding of the reasons for such visits could be useful in preventing overuse of ED visits to improve the quality of end-of-life care.
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