Ten-Year Trends of Utilization of Palliative Care Services and Life-Sustaining Treatments and Hospital Costs Associated With Patients With Terminally Ill Lung Cancer in the United States From 2005 to 2014

Hwang, Jinwook; J. Shen, Jay; Jung Kim, Sun; Chun, Sung‐Youn; Kioka, Mutsumi; Sheraz, Faizan; Kim, Pearl; J. Byun, David; Won Yoo, Ji

doi:10.1177/1049909119852082

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Ten-Year Trends of Utilization of Palliative Care Services and Life-Sustaining Treatments and Hospital Costs Associated With Patients With Terminally Ill Lung Cancer in the United States From 2005 to 2014

Published in American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine® • May 23, 2019

Authors:

Jinwook Hwang

Jay J. Shen

Sun Jung Kim

Abstract

Background: Palliative care services and life-sustaining treatments are provided to dying patients with lung cancer in the United States. However, data on the utilization trends of palliative care services and life-sustaining treatments of dying patients with lung cancer are not available. Methods: ...

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Palliative care

Medicine

Lung cancer

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