Preferences for End-of-Life Care Among Patients With Terminal Cancer in China.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In China, little is known about end-of-life (EOL) care preferences of patients with terminal cancer. Understanding these patients' treatment preferences is needed to improve patient-centered health care, better inform surrogates and medical staff about patient preferences, and enhance the quality of EOL care.

Objective

To examine preferences for EOL care among patients with terminal cancer in China.

Design, setting, and participants

In this survey study, patients older than 50 years who had terminal cancer were randomly selected from medical records at a single hospital in China. Data on patients' EOL care preferences were collected by discrete choice experiment (DCE) from August to November 2018 and were analyzed from October 2020 to March 2021.

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SUBMITTER: Leng A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9039770 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature