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Aggressive End-of-Life Care for Metastatic Cancer Patients Younger Than Age 65 Years.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aggressive medical care at the end of life can be harmful to patients and families, but its prevalence in use among younger cancer patients is unknown. The goal of the study was to report on the use of aggressive care and hospice services for patients younger than age 65 years.

Methods

Using the HealthCore Integrated Research Database, we analyzed patients who died between 2007 and 2014 with metastatic lung (n?=?12 764), colorectal (n?=?5207), breast (n?=?5855), pancreatic (n?=?3397), or prostate (n?=?1508) cancer. Based on published quality measures, we assessed uses of chemotherapy, intensive care, emergency room visits, and hospice care at the end of life. We examined additional items including radiotherapy, invasive procedures, hospitalization, and in-hospital deaths. Multivariable modified Poisson regression models were used to adjust for age, sex, geographic region, rural/urban location, year of death, and regional education and income measures.

Results

Across the five cancers, 10.1% to 14.1% of patients received chemotherapy within the last 14 days of life, 15.9% to 20.6% received intensive care in last 30 days, and 1.5% to 2.5% went to the emergency room two or more times in last 30 days. Hospice enrollment at least three days before death was 54.4% to 59.6%. However, 55.3% to 59.3% of patients had a hospital admission in the last 30 days, and one-third died (30.3%-35.4%) in the hospital.

Conclusions

There was low use of cancer-directed treatment at the end of life for younger cancer patients, and hospice use was higher than 50%. However, there was a relatively high utilization of hospital-based care. These results demonstrate an opportunity for continued improvements in the provision of high-value, patient-centered care at the end of life.

SUBMITTER: Falchook AD

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6440271 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Aggressive End-of-Life Care for Metastatic Cancer Patients Younger Than Age 65 Years.

Falchook Aaron D AD Dusetzina Stacie B SB Tian Fang F Basak Ramsankar R Selvam Nandini N Chen Ronald C RC

Journal of the National Cancer Institute 20170901 9

<h4>Background</h4>Aggressive medical care at the end of life can be harmful to patients and families, but its prevalence in use among younger cancer patients is unknown. The goal of the study was to report on the use of aggressive care and hospice services for patients younger than age 65 years.<h4>Methods</h4>Using the HealthCore Integrated Research Database, we analyzed patients who died between 2007 and 2014 with metastatic lung (n = 12 764), colorectal (n = 5207), breast (n = 5855), pancrea ...[more]

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