Open AccessRacial/Ethnic Differences in Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation for Patients With Advanced Cancer
Author(s) -
Rashmi Sharma,
Kenzie A. Cameron,
Joan S. Chmiel,
Jamie H. Von Roenn,
Eytan Szmuilowicz,
Holly G. Prigerson,
Frank J. Penedo
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.482
H-Index - 548
eISSN - 1527-7755
pISSN - 0732-183X
DOI - 10.1200/jco.2015.61.6458
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , psychological intervention , palliative care , demography , logistic regression , odds ratio , marital status , receipt , cancer , gerontology , family medicine , environmental health , population , psychiatry , nursing , sociology , world wide web , anthropology , computer science
Inpatient palliative care consultation (IPCC) may help address barriers that limit the use of hospice and the receipt of symptom-focused care for racial/ethnic minorities, yet little is known about disparities in the rates of IPCC. We evaluated the association between race/ethnicity and rates of IPCC for patients with advanced cancer.
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