Factors associated with emergency admission for people dying from cancer in Northern Ireland: an observational data linkage study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many people living with cancer are admitted as an emergency, some just prior to diagnosis and others in their last year of life. Factors associated with accessing emergency care for people dying of cancer are complex and not well understood. This can make it difficult to have the resources and staffing in place to best care for individuals in their last year of life and their families.

Methods

This study uses routinely collected administrative data from people who died of cancer in N. Ireland (NI) during 2015 and explores how personal characteristics (e.g., gender, age) and disease related factors (e.g., tumour site, cancer stage at initial diagnosis) were associated with having an emergency admission to hospital in the last year and the last 28 days of their live

SUBMITTER: Mitchell H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10617099 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature