Trends and racial disparities in aggressive end-of-life care for a national sample of women with ovarian cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The clinical landscape has moved toward less aggressive end-of-life care for women with ovarian cancer. However, whether there has been a decline in the use of aggressive end-of-life services is unknown. The authors evaluated current national trends and racial disparities in end-of-life care among women with ovarian cancer using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare-linked data set.

Methods

In total, 7756 Medicare beneficiaries aged >66 years with ovarian cancer who died between 2007 and 2016 were identified. The authors examined trends and racial disparities in late hospice or no hospice use, >1 emergency department (ED) visit, intensive care unit admission, >1 hospitalization, terminal hospitalization, chemotherapy, and invasive and/or life-ex

SUBMITTER: Mullins MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8195844 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature