biostudies-literatureBugge CNorges ForskningsrådBristol-Myers Squibbe050564https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8477316biostudies-literatureUnknown11(9)<h4>Objectives</h4>The objective of this study was to investigate the use of, and predictors for, pharmaceutical anticancer treatment (PACT) towards the end of a patient's life in a country with a public healthcare system.<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective registry study.<h4>Setting</h4>Secondary care in Norway.<h4>Participants</h4>All Norwegian patients with cancer (International Classification of Diseases tenth revision (ICD-10) codes C00-99, D00-09, D37-48) in contact with a somatic hospital in Norway between 2009 and 2017 (N=420 655). Analyses were performed on a subsample of decedents with follow-back time of more than 1 year (2013-2017, N=52 496).<h4>Interventions</h4>N/A.<h4>Primary and secondary outcome measures</h4>Proportion of patients receiving PACT during the last year and month of BMJ openWhat are determinants of utilisation of pharmaceutical anticancer treatment during the last year of life in Norway? A retrospective registry study.PMC8477316272493Sæther EMKaasa SBugge CMelberg HOSonbo Kristiansen IfalseWhat are determinants of utilisation of pharmaceutical anticancer treatment during the last year of life in Norway? A retrospective registry study.<h4>Objectives</h4>The objective of this study was to investigate the use of, and predictors for, pharmaceutical anticancer treatment (PACT) towards the end of a patient's life in a country with a public healthcare system.<h4>Design</h4>Retrospective registry study.<h4>Setting</h4>Secondary care in Norway.<h4>Participants</h4>All Norwegian patients with cancer (International Classification of Diseases tenth revision (ICD-10) codes C00-99, D00-09, D37-48) in contact with a somatic hospital in Norway between 2009 and 2017 (N=420 655). Analyses were performed on a subsample of decedents with follow-back time of more than 1 year (2013-2017, N=52 496).<h4>Interventions</h4>N/A.<h4>Primary and secondary outcome measures</h4>Proportion of patients receiving PACT during the last year and month of 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 Sep2025-04-04T20:12:24.4Z2022-02-11T11:56:29.555ZS-EPMC84773163458009910.1136/bmjopen-2021-050564