Open AccessPredictors of Placement of Inpatient Palliative Care Consult Orders Among Patients With Breast, Lung, and Colon Cancer in a Safety Net Hospital System
Author(s) -
Lauren Smith,
Ramona L. Rhodes,
Xuan Liu,
Ethan A. Halm
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the american journal of hospice and palliative care/the american journal of hospice and palliative care (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1938-2715
pISSN - 1049-9091
DOI - 10.1177/1049909117733473
Subject(s) - medicine , palliative care , logistic regression , breast cancer , confidence interval , odds ratio , colorectal cancer , emergency medicine , cancer , lung cancer , nursing
The provision of palliative and end-of-life care to patients who are underrepresented and underserved provides unique challenges and opportunities.