Comparison of physician-delivered models of virtual and home-based in-person care for adults in the last 90 days of life with cancer and terminal noncancer illness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To measure the association between types of serious illness and the use of different physician-delivered care models near the EOL during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design, setting and participants

Population-based cohort study using health administrative datasets in Ontario, Canada, for adults aged ≥18 years in their last 90 days of life who died of cancer or terminal noncancer illness and received physician-delivered care models near the end-of-life between March 14, 2020 and January 24, 2022.

Exposure

The type of serious illness (cancer or terminal noncancer illness).

Main outcome

Physician-delivered care models for adults in the last 90 days of life (exclusively virtual, exclusively home-based in-person, or mixed).

Results

The study included 75,

SUBMITTER: Akhter R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11602086 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature