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.

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 data for follow-u... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Depoorter, Victoria
Vanschoenbeek, Katrijn
Decoster, Lore
Silversmit, Geert
Debruyne, Philip R
De Groof, Inge
Bron, Dominique
Cornélis, Frank
Luce, Sylvie
Focan, Christian
Verschaeve, Vincent
Debugne, Gwenaëlle
Langenaeken, Christine
Van Den Bulck, Heidi
Goeminne, Jean-Charles
Teurfs, Wesley
Jerusalem, Guy
Schrijvers, Dirk
Petit, Bénédicte
Rasschaert, Marika
Praet, Jean-Philippe
Vandenborre, Katherine
De Schutter, Harlinde
Milisen, Koen
Flamaing, Johan
Kenis, Cindy
Verdoodt, Freija
Wildiers, Hans
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2023
Schlagwörter: geriatric oncology / population-based data / specialized palliative care / terminal healthcare utilization
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26599377
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/277090