Open Access<p>End-of-life care in individuals with respiratory diseases: a population study comparing the dying experience between those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer</p>
Author(s) -
Tetyana Kendzerska,
Jason Nickerson,
Amy T Hsu,
Andrea S. Gershon,
Robert Talarico,
Sunita Mulpuru,
Smita Pakhalé,
Peter Tanuseputro
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/international journal of copd
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1178-2005
pISSN - 1176-9106
DOI - 10.2147/copd.s210916
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , pulmonary disease , copd , respiratory system , respiratory disease , obstructive lung disease , population , lung , intensive care medicine , environmental health
Among individuals with COPD and/or lung cancer, to describe end-of-life health service utilization, costs, and place of death; to identify predictors of home palliative care use, and to assess benefits associated with palliative care use.