Impact of Palliative Medicine Involvement on End-of-Life Services for Patients With Cancer With In-Hospital Deaths
Author(s) -
Alison Wiesenthal,
Debra A. Goldman,
Deborah Korenstein
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of oncology practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.555
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1935-469X
pISSN - 1554-7477
DOI - 10.1200/jop.2016.019356
Subject(s) - medicine , palliative care , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , cancer , do not resuscitate , end of life care , quality of life (healthcare) , cohort , inpatient care , health care , intensive care medicine , nursing , economics , economic growth
Palliative care (PC) has been shown to improve the quality of care and resource utilization for inpatients. We examined the relationship between PC consultation before and during final admission and patterns of care for dying patients at our tertiary cancer center.
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