Association of Rurality with Utilization of Palliative Care and Hospice among Medicare Beneficiaries Who Died from Pancreatic Cancer: A Cohort Study

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Explores the association between the rurality of patient residence and the use of palliative care and hospice among Medicare decedents with pancreatic cancer between 2016 and 2018. Also examines the use of palliative care at least 90 days after diagnosis and before death and hospice care at least three days before death. Presents data by metropolitan, micropolitan, small town, and rural classifications.

Niveditta Ramkumar, Qianfei Wang, Gabriel A. Brooks, et al.

Journal of Rural Health, 39(3), 557-564

01/2023

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Cancer · Hospice and palliative care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data