Objectives To evaluate the impact of provision and timing of palliative care (PC) on
potentially inappropriate end-of-life care to patients with cancer in a mixed generalist …

Simple Summary A substantial number of patients with cancer receive inappropriate end-of-
life care. Improving the quality of end-of-life care is a priority for both patients and their …

Objectives This study aimed to establish the association between timing and provision of
palliative care (PC) and quality of end-of-life care indicators in a population of patients dying …

PURPOSE: Palliative care (PC) improves outcomes in advanced cancer, and guidelines
recommend early outpatient referral. However, many PC teams see more inpatient than …

BACKGROUND Limited data are available on how the timing and setting of palliative care
(PC) referral can affect end‐of‐life care. In this retrospective cohort study, the authors …

Background Palliative care (PC) improves the quality of life of patients with advanced
cancer. Our aim was to describe PC referral among patients with advanced cancer, and …

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 Referral to specialized palliative care services (SPCS) occurs often late in the
illness trajectory but may differ across cancer types. We examined differences between …

Background In order to avoid unnecessary use of hospital services at the end-of-life,
palliative care should be initiated early enough in order to have sufficient time to initiate and …

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 …