Socioeconomic Status, Palliative Care, and Death at Home Among Patients With Cancer Before and During COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The COVID-19 pandemic had a profound impact on the delivery of cancer care, but less is known about its association with place of death and delivery of specialized palliative care (SPC) and potential disparities in these outcomes.

Objective

To evaluate the association of the COVID-19 pandemic with death at home and SPC delivery at the end of life and to examine whether disparities in socioeconomic status exist for these outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cohort study, an interrupted time series analysis was conducted using Ontario Cancer Registry data comprising adult patients aged 18 years or older who died with cancer between the pre-COVID-19 (March 16, 2015, to March 15, 2020) and COVID-19 (March 16, 2020, to March 15, 2021) periods. The

SUBMITTER: Iqbal J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10900963 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature