Intersection of Palliative Care and Hospice Use Among Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer.

ABSTRACT: Background: Hospice and palliative care (PC) are important components of lung cancer care and independently provide benefits to patients and their families. Objective: To better understand the relationship between hospice and PC and factors that influence this relationship. Methods: A retrospective cohort study of patients diagnosed with advanced lung cancer (stage IIIB/IV) within the U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VA) from 2007 to 2013 with follow-up through 2017 (n = 22,907). Mixed logistic regression models with a random effect for site, adjustment for patient variables, and propensity score weighting were used to examine whether the association between PC and hospice use varied by U.S. region and PC team characteristics. Resu

SUBMITTER: Hooker ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10658737 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature