ArticleJCO oncology practice2022
Different Associations Between Inpatient or Outpatient Palliative Care and End-of-Life Outcomes for Hospitalized Patients With Cancer.
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- Direct Hospitalisation Costs of End-of-Life Cancer Care: Comparison Between Usual Care and Palliative Care Consultation.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A descriptive analysis of hospital-based palliative care services: a case study from Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Palliative Care With Tracheostomy or Gastrostomy Tube Use and End-of-Life Quality and Costs Among Patients With Head and Neck Cancer.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2025Article
- Nurse led telephonic palliative care versus specialty outpatient palliative care: pragmatic, randomised clinical trial.BMJ medicine · 2025Article
- A Mixed Methods Analysis of Standardized Documentation of Serious Illness Conversations Within an Electronic Health Record Module During Hospitalization.The American journal of hospice & palliative care · 2025Article
- Accessibility and Quality of Palliative Care-Experience in Primary Health Care.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Article
- Outpatient Training During Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship: A National Survey.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2024Article
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- Palliative care referral across the disease trajectory in high-grade glioma.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2023Article
- Palliative care models for patients living with advanced cancer: a narrative review for the emergency department clinician.Emergency cancer care · 2022Review
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Abstract
purposePalliative care (PC) improves outcomes in advanced cancer, and guidelines recommend early outpatient referral. However, many PC teams see more inpatient than outpatient consults. We conducted a retrospective study of hospitalized patients with cancer to quantify exposure to inpatient and outpatient PC and describe associations between PC and end-of-life (EOL) quality measures.
methodsWe identified all decedents admitted to an inpatient oncology unit in 1 year (October 1, 2017-September 30, 2018) and abstracted hospitalization statistics, inpatient and outpatient PC visits, and EOL outcomes. Descriptive statistics, univariate tests, and multivariate analysis evaluated associations between PC and patient outcomes.
resultsIn total, 522 decedents were identified. 50% saw PC; only 21% had an outpatient PC visit. Decedents seen by PC were more likely to enroll in hospice (78%
conclusionPC was associated with significantly more hospice utilization and advance care planning. Patients seen specifically by outpatient PC had shorter hospital LOS and longer hospice LOS. These findings suggest different effects of inpatient and outpatient PC, underscoring the importance of robust outpatient PC.
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