Palliative care use and utilization determinants among patients treated for advanced stage lung cancer care in the community and academic medical setting.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Despite clinical guidelines, palliative care is underutilized during advanced stage lung cancer treatment. To inform interventions to increase its use, patient-level barriers and facilitators (i.e., determinants) need to be characterized, especially among patients living in rural areas or those receiving treatment outside academic medical centers.

Methods

Between 2020 and 2021, advanced stage lung cancer patients (n = 77; 62% rural; 58% receiving care in the community) completed a one-time survey assessing palliative care use and its determinants. Univariate and bivariate analyses described palliative care use and determinants and compared scores by patient demographic (e.g., rural vs. urban) and treatment setting (e.g., community vs. academic medical center) factors

SUBMITTER: McLouth LE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9969037 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature