Describing settings of care in the last 100 days of life for cancer decedents: a population-based descriptive study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Few studies have described the settings cancer decedents spend their end-of-life stage, with none considering homecare specifically. We describe the different settings of care experienced in the last 100 days of life by individuals with cancer and how settings of care change as they approached death.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study from January 2013 to December 2017, of decedents whose primary cause of death was cancer, using linked population-level health administrative datasets in Ontario, Canada.

Results

Decedents 125,755 were included in our cohort. The average age at death was 73, 46% were female, and 14% resided in rural regions. And 24% died of lung cancer, 7% breast, 7% colorectal, 7% pancreatic, 5% prostate, and 50% other cancers. In the last

SUBMITTER: Hafid A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9972173 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature