Effectiveness of Palliative Care before Death in Reducing Emergency Care Utilization for Patients with Terminal Cancer and Trends in the Utilization of Palliative Care from 2005-2018.

ABSTRACT: This retrospective cohort study aimed to examine the effect of palliative care for patients with terminal cancer on healthcare utilization. The National Health Insurance (NHI) Research Database and death certificates were utilized to identify patients who died of cancer between 2005 and 2018. The number of terminal cancer patients between 2005 and 2018 was 605,126. Propensity score matching and conditional logistic regression were performed. The odds ratios (ORs) for "emergency care utilization", "CPR", "endotracheal intubation", and "ICU admission" were significantly lower for enrolled patients regardless of enrollment time compared to unenrolled patients. Compared to unenrolled patients, the OR for "emergency care utilization" increased from 0.34 to 0.68, the OR for "CPR use" increased f

SUBMITTER: Tsai YS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10647500 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature