Reduction in potentially inappropriate end-of-life hospital care for cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: A retrospective population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic impacted cancer diagnosis and treatment. However, little is known about end-of-life cancer care during the pandemic.

Aim

To investigate potentially inappropriate end-of-life hospital care for cancer patients before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design

Retrospective population-based cohort study using data from the Netherlands Cancer Registry and the Dutch National Hospital Care Registration. Potentially inappropriate care in the last month of life (chemotherapy administration, >1 emergency room contact, >1 hospitalization, hospitalization >14 days, intensive care unit admission or hospital death) was compared between four COVID-19 periods and corresponding periods in 2018/2019.

Participants

A total of 112,919 cancer patients

SUBMITTER: Slotman E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10798006 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature