Disparities in Care Management During Terminal Hospitalization Among Adults With Metastatic Cancer From 2010 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Many patients with metastatic cancer receive high-cost, low-value care near the end of life. Identifying patients with a high likelihood of receiving low-value care is an important step to improve appropriate end-of-life care.

Objective

To analyze patterns of care and interventions during terminal hospitalizations and examine whether care management is associated with sociodemographic status among adult patients with metastatic cancer at the end of life.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective, population-based cross-sectional study used data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project to analyze all-payer, encounter-level information from multiple inpatient centers in the US. All utilization and hospital charge records from national inpat

SUBMITTER: Deeb S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8459194 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature