ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2022
Equal receipt of specialized palliative care in breast and prostate cancer: a register study.
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- The Impact of Specialist Palliative Care on the Utilization of Health Care Services at the End of Life Among Patients With Prostate Cancer: A Nationwide Register-based Study.European urology open science · 2026Article
- Healthcare costs and resource use in advanced breast cancer at the end of life: a register study.Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) · 2026Article
- Healthcare professionals' perspectives on implementing the Swedish palliative care guide in geriatrics - a qualitative study using small-group and individual interviews.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Receipt of specialized palliative care and health care utilization at the end of life in hematological cancer patients - the Stockholm experience.Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) · 2025Observational
- Differences in Health Care Expenditures by Cancer Patients During Their Last Year of Life: A Registry-Based Study.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2024Article
- Partly unequal receipt of healthcare in last month of life in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a retrospective cohort study of the Stockholm region.Upsala journal of medical sciences · 2024Observational
- The Impact of Frailty on Palliative Care Receipt, Emergency Room Visits and Hospital Deaths in Cancer Patients: A Registry-Based Study.Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2023Article
- Increased patient satisfaction by integration of palliative care into geriatrics-A prospective cohort study.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeThere are inequalities in cancer treatment. This study aimed to investigate whether receipt of specialized palliative care (SPC) is affected by typical female and male diagnoses (breast and prostate cancer), age, socioeconomic status (SES), comorbidities as measured by the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), or living arrangements (home vs nursing home residence). Furthermore, we wanted to investigate if receipt of SPC affects the place of death, or correlated with emergency department visits, or hospital admissions.
methodsAll breast and prostate cancer patients who died with verified distant metastases during 2015-2019 in the Stockholm Region were included (n = 2516). We used univariable and stepwise (forward) logistic multiple regression models.
resultsLower age, lower CCI score, and higher SES significantly predicted receipt of palliative care 3 months before death (p = .007-p < .0001). Patients with prostate cancer, a lower CCI score, receiving palliative care services, or living in a nursing home were admitted to a hospital or visited an emergency room less often during their last month of life (p = .01 to < .0001). Patients receiving palliative care services had a low likelihood of dying in an acute care hospital (p < .001). Those who died in a hospital were younger, had a lower CCI score, and had received less palliative care or nursing home services (p = .02- < .0001).
conclusionAge, comorbidities, and nursing home residence affected the likelihood of receiving SPC. However, the diagnosis of breast versus prostate cancer did not. Emergency room visits, hospital admissions, and hospital deaths are registered less often for patients with SPC.
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