Primary care service use by end-of-life cancer patients: a nationwide population-based cohort study in the United Kingdom.

ABSTRACT:

Background

End of life (EoL) care becomes more complex and increasingly takes place in the community, but there is little data on the use of general practice (GP) services to guide care improvement. This study aims to determine the trends and factors associated with GP consultation, prescribing and referral to other care services amongst cancer patients in the last year of life.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study of cancer patients who died in 2000-2014, based on routinely collected primary care data (the Clinical Practice Research DataLink, CPRD) covering a representative sample of the population in the United Kingdom. Outcome variables were number of GP consultations (primary), number of prescriptions and referral to other care services (yes vs no) in the last year of li

SUBMITTER: Gao W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7191808 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature