Understanding the Utility of Less Than Six-Month Prognosis Using Administrative Data Among U.S. Nursing Home Residents With Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a dearth of studies evaluating the utility of reporting prognostication among nursing home (NH) residents with cancer.

Objective

To study factors associated with documented less than six-month prognosis, and its relationship with end-of-life (EOL) care quality measures among residents with cancer.

Methods

The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results linked with Medicare, and the Minimum Data Set databases was used to identify 20,397 NH residents in the United States with breast, colorectal, lung, pancreatic, or prostate cancer who died between July 2016 and December 2018. Of these, 2205 residents (10.8%) were documented with less than six-month prognosis upon NH admission. Main outcomes were more than one hospitalization, more than one emergency

SUBMITTER: Vu L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10979665 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature