Trends in End-of-Life Care in Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplant Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Decisions about end-of-life care may be influenced by cultural and disease-specific features. We evaluated associations of demographic variables (race, ethnicity, language, religion, and diagnosis) with end-of-life characteristics (Phase I enrollment, do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders, hospice utilization, location of death), and trends in palliative care services delivered to pediatric hematology, oncology, and stem cell transplant (SCT) patients.

Procedure

In this single-center retrospective cohort study, inclusion criteria were as follows: patients aged 0-35 who died between January 1, 2002 and March 1, 2014, and had been cared for in the pediatric hematology, oncology, and SCT divisions. The era of 2002-2014 was divided into quartiles to assess trends over time.

SUBMITTER: Brock KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5106189 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature