Association of Patient-Centered Elements of Care and Palliative Care Among Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Palliative care (PC) is associated with improved quality of life, survival, and decreased healthcare use at the end of life among lung cancer patients. However, the specific elements of palliative care that may contribute to these benefits are unclear.

Objectives

To evaluate the associations of PC and its setting of delivery with prescriptions of symptom management medications, advance care planning (ACP), hospice enrollment, and home health care (HHC) receipt.

Methods

Retrospective, cohort study of patients with advanced stage (IIIB/IV) lung cancer in the Veterans Health Administration (VA) diagnosed from 2007-2013; with follow-up through 2017. Propensity score methods were used with inverse probability of treatment weighting and logistic regression modeling,

SUBMITTER: Schweiger L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9772174 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature