PURPOSE: This study aimed to investigate the impact of early versus not-early palliative
care among cancer decedents on end-of-life health care costs. METHODS: Using linked …

Objectives To investigate whether cancer decedents who received palliative care early (ie,>
6 months before death) and not-early had different risk of using hospital care and supportive …

BACKGROUND A significant share of the cost of cancer care is concentrated in the end‐of‐
life period. Although quality measures of aggressive treatment may guide optimal care …

Background: Palliative care is recommended along with oncologic care for patients with
advanced cancer. However, there are limited data about how the timing of palliative care …

Importance Palliative care improves health outcomes, but studies of the differences in the
delivery of palliative care to patients with different types of serious illness are lacking …

Background: There is inconsistent evidence that palliative care intervention decreases total
healthcare expenditure at end-of-life for oncology patients. This inconsistent evidence may …

Background: Early palliative care can reduce end-of-life acute-care use, but findings are
mainly limited to cancer populations receiving hospital interventions. Few studies describe …

PURPOSE: Early palliative care, concomitant with disease-directed treatments, is
recommended for all patients with advanced cancer. This study assesses population-level …

Purpose: Palliative care's role in oncology has expanded, but its effect on aggressiveness of
care at the end of life has not been characterized at the population level. Methods: This …

Aim: To evaluate the impact of early vs late palliative care on (1) length of stay (LOS) in the
context of expected LOS measures and (2) total cost of care to the hospital for each patient …