Effectiveness of palliative care services: A population-based study of end-of-life care for cancer patients

TL;DR: This scoping review shows that many patients receiving palliative care receive multiple medications closer to the time of death and that future research should focus in greater detail on prescribing appropriateness using tools specifically developed to guide prescribing in palliatives care and the potential for harm.

TL;DR: In this article , a multicenter cohort study was conducted at four hospitals (2 comprehensive and 2 primary stroke centers) between January, 2016 and December, 2019 to determine the prevalence, predictors, and outcomes associated with PCC for patients hospitalized with severe ischemic stroke.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the needs for palliative care among patients diagnosed with advanced illnesses and is a component of a larger project aimed to inform a suitable palliive care model for the country.

TL;DR: This instrument makes a significant contribution to the identification of patients with palliative care needs as it has been designed to differentiate between general and specialised palliatives care needs.

TL;DR: The overall high rate, and substantial variation, in hospital care at the end of life offers the RER the opportunity to evaluate if increasing availability of palliative care, along with provider and patient education, could reduce utilization of high-cost hospital care and increase patient and family satisfaction.

TL;DR: Combining inpatient and outpatient claims data, and identifying cases based upon a broad primary or a narrow secondary cancer definition is the most accurate and inclusive in ascertaining an end-of-life cohort.

TL;DR: Hospice care is associated with better symptom relief, patient-goal attainment, and quality of EOL care, and encouraging earlier and increased hospice enrollment may improve EOL experiences for patients with cancer and their families.

TL;DR: Among family members of older patients with fee-for service Medicare who died of lung or colorectal cancer, earlier hospice enrollment, avoidance of ICU admissions within 30 days of death, and death occurring outside the hospital were associated with perceptions of better end-of-life care.