End-of-Life Care in the Last Three Months before Death in Older Patients with Cancer in Belgium: A Large Retrospective Cohort Study Using Data Linkage.
peer reviewed ; This study aims to describe end-of-life (EOL) care in older patients with cancer and investigate the association between geriatric assessment (GA) results and specialized palliative care (SPC) use. Older patients with a new cancer diagnosis (2009-2015) originally included in a previous multicentric study were selected if they died before the end of follow-up (2019). At the time of cancer diagnosis, patients underwent geriatric screening with Geriatric 8 (G8) followed by GA in case of a G8 score ≤14/17. These data were linked to the cancer registry and healthcare reimbursement d... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | journal article |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
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Schlagwörter: | geriatric oncology / population-based data / specialized palliative care / terminal healthcare utilization / Oncology / Cancer Research / Human health sciences / Sciences de la santé humaine / Oncologie |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26593361 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/313199 |