Comparing Enrolees with Non-Enrolees of Cancer-Patient Navigation at End of Life | Zendy

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Comparing Enrolees with Non-Enrolees of Cancer-Patient Navigation at End of Life

Author(s) -

G. Park,

Grace Johnston,

Robin Urquhart,

Gordon Walsh,

Meg McCallum

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

current oncology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.053

H-Index - 51

eISSN - 1718-7729

pISSN - 1198-0052

DOI - 10.3747/co.25.3902

Subject(s) - medicine , population , cancer , disease , end of life care , cancer registry , retrospective cohort study , palliative care , surgery , environmental health , nursing

Cancer-patient navigators who are oncology nurses support and connect patients to resources throughout the cancer care trajectory, including end of life. Although qualitative and cohort studies of navigated patients have been reported, no population-based studies were found. The present population-based study compared demographic, disease, and outcome characteristics for decedents who had been diagnosed with cancer by whether they did or did not see a navigator.

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