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Characteristics and Outcomes of Advanced Cancer Patients Who Received Palliative Care at a Public Hospital Compared with Those at a Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Source :
- Journal of palliative medicine. 21(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Background: Patients with advanced cancer experience severe physical, psychosocial, and spiritual distress requiring palliative care (PC). There are limited literature regarding characteristics and outcomes of patients evaluated by PC services at public hospitals (PHs). Objective, Design, Setting/Subjects, and Measurements: To compare the outcomes of advanced cancer patients undergoing PC at a PH and those at a comprehensive cancer center (CCC). We reviewed 359 consecutive advanced cancer patients (PH, 180; CCC, 179) undergoing PC. Symptoms and outcomes at consultation and first follow-up visit were assessed. Summary statistics were used to describe patient characteristics and outcomes. Results: The PH and CCC patients differed significantly according to race: 23% white, 39% black, and 36% Hispanic patients at the PH versus 66% white, 17% black, and 11% Hispanic patients at the CCC (p
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Palliative care
Patient characteristics
Cancer Care Facilities
Spiritual distress
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
0302 clinical medicine
Internal medicine
Neoplasms
Health insurance
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
General Nursing
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Aged, 80 and over
business.industry
Hospitals, Public
Palliative Care
Cancer
General Medicine
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Advanced cancer
United States
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Public hospital
Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing
Female
Brief Reports
business
Psychosocial
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15577740
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of palliative medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....506d2c377d64b0aafd7520bf9cd0bd6d