Palliative Care and Healthcare Utilization among Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients in U.S. Hospitals

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Examines in-patient palliative care use by hospitalized metastatic breast cancer patients. Analyzes 26,961 female patients from 2010 to 2014 for palliative care use, with patient information further broken down by age, race, income, insurance type, and status of hospital utilized, such as urban teaching, urban nonteaching, or rural.

Sun Jung Kim, Isha Patel, Chanhyun Park, Dong Yeong Shin, Jongwha Chang

Scientific Reports,13, 4358

03/2023

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Cancer · Hospice and palliative care · Racial and ethnic groups · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Women