A comparison of opioid dose between home palliative care and hospital palliative care.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

While opioids are a key part of palliative care, few studies have evaluated opioid demand in the home care context. This study aims to compare opioid usage in home care and hospital care settings.

Methods

This cross-sectional study retrospectively recruited patients receiving palliative care in home care and hospital settings, between November 2018 and October 2020. Opioid prescriptions were standardized to oral morphine equivalent (OME) doses at 7 and 14 days prior to death and analyzed. Additional analysis performed multivariable linear regression on the outcome of OME at 7 days, adjusting for medical setting and confounders in patients with opioid prescriptions.

Results

After 21 exclusions, 209 patients (48 home care and 161 hospital care) were eligible f

SUBMITTER: Iwata H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10804711 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature