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 …

Purpose Among individuals with COPD and/or lung cancer, to describe end-of-life health
service utilization, costs, and place of death; to identify predictors of home palliative care …

The early integration of specialist palliative care has been shown to benefit the quality of life
of patients with advanced cancer. In order to explore whether other seriously ill people and …

Background: Despite their poor prognosis, patients with severe chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) have little access to palliative care and tend to have a high rate …

Rationale: Use of triggers for palliative care consultation has been advocated in intensive
care units (ICUs) to ensure appropriate specialist involvement for patients at high risk of …

Objective: Although the majority of hospital deaths occur in the intensive care unit and
virtually all critically ill patients and their families have palliative needs, we know little about …

COPD is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Patients suffer from refractory
breathlessness, unrecognized anxiety and depression, and decreased quality of life …

Despite advances in the detection, pathological diagnosis and therapeutics of lung cancer,
many patients still develop advanced, incurable and progressively fatal disease. As …

Objective: Although lung transplantation is a widely used treatment modality for patients with
end-stage lung disease, its long-term outcomes are limited. Including palliative approaches …

Background Palliative care is associated with improved survival and quality of life among
patients with lung cancer; however, its influence on health-care utilization and quality of care …