Ten-Year Trends of Utilization of Palliative Care Services and Life-Sustaining Treatments and Hospital Costs Associated With Patients With Terminally Ill Lung Cancer in the United States From 2005 to 2014

Authors

Jinwook Hwang MD, PhD, Korea University Medical Center
Jay Shen PhD, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Sun Jung Kim PhD, Soonchunhyang University
Sung-Youn Chun PhD, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Mutsumi Kioka MD, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Faizan Sheraz MD, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow
Pearl Kim PhDc, MHA, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
David Byun DO, Southern Nevada Veterans Affairs Health System
Ji Won Yoo MD, University of Nevada, Las VegasFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-23-2019

Publication Title

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine

First page number:

1

Last page number:

9

Abstract

Background: Palliative care services and life-sustaining treatments are provided to dying patients with lung cancer in the United States. However, data on the utilization trends of palliative care services and life-sustaining treatments of dying patients with lung cancer are not available. Methods: This study was a retrospective analysis of the National Inpatient Sample data (2005-2014) and included patients with lung cancer, aged... (see abstract in article).

Keywords

Hospital costs; Lung neoplasm; Palliative care; Terminal care; Hospices; Length of stay

Disciplines

Health and Medical Administration | Health Services Research | Oncology | Palliative Care

Language

English

Repository Citation

Hwang, J., Shen, J., Kim, S. J., Chun, S., Kioka, M., Sheraz, F., Kim, P., Byun, D., Yoo, J. W. (2019). Ten-Year Trends of Utilization of Palliative Care Services and Life-Sustaining Treatments and Hospital Costs Associated With Patients With Terminally Ill Lung Cancer in the United States From 2005 to 2014. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine 1-9.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049909119852082