Association between end-of-life cancer care and immigrant status: a retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare recent immigrants and long-term residents in Ontario, Canada, on established health service quality indicators of end-of-life cancer care.

Design

Retrospective, population-based cohort study of cancer decedents between 2004 and 2015.

Setting

Ontario, Canada.

Participants

We grouped 13 085 immigrants who arrived in Ontario in 1985 or later into eight major ethnic groups based on birth country, mother tongue and surname, and compared them to 229 471 long-term residents who were ≥18 years at the time of death.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Aggressive care, defined as a composite of ≥2 emergency department visits, ≥2 new hospitalisations or an intensive care unit admission within 30 days of death; and supportive care, defined as

SUBMITTER: Chu A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8173292 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature