End-of-Life Care Intensity Among Adolescent and Young Adult Patients With Cancer in Kaiser Permanente Southern California.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cancer is the leading disease-related cause of death among adolescents and young adults (AYAs), but little is known about the care that AYA patients with cancer receive at the end of life (EOL).

Objective

To evaluate the intensity of EOL care among AYA patients with cancer.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional study of Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KSPC) cancer registry data and electronic health records for 663 AYA patients with either stage I to III cancer and evidence of cancer recurrence or stage IV cancer at diagnosis. All patients were treated within KSPC, an integrated health care delivery system, and died between 2001 and 2010 before age 40 years (age range at time of death, 15-39 years).

Main outcomes and measures

(1) C

SUBMITTER: Mack JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4620733 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature