Title
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
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