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 ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Text |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
Schlagwörter: | Oncology and carcinogenesis / 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis / 3211 Oncology and carcinogenesis / geriatric oncology / population-based data / specialized palliative care / terminal healthcare utilization |
Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26607183 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/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/25112012 |