Potentially burdensome care at the end-of-life for cancer decedents: a retrospective population-wide study.
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dc.contributor.author | Mitchell, RJ | |
dc.contributor.author | Delaney, GP | |
dc.contributor.author | Arnolda, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Liauw, W | |
dc.contributor.author | Phillips, JL | |
dc.contributor.author | Lystad, RP | |
dc.contributor.author | Harrison, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Braithwaite, J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-01T04:26:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-01-18 | |
dc.date.available | 2024-08-01T04:26:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-02-02 | |
dc.identifier.citation | BMC Palliat Care, 2024, 23, (1), pp. 32 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1472-684X | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1472-684X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10453/179928 | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Variation persists in the quality of end-of-life-care (EOLC) for people with cancer. This study aims to describe the characteristics of, and examine factors associated with, indicators of potentially burdensome care provided in hospital, and use of hospital services in the last 12 months of life for people who had a death from cancer. METHOD: A population-based retrospective cohort study of people aged ≥ 20 years who died with a cancer-related cause of death during 2014-2019 in New South Wales, Australia using linked hospital, cancer registry and mortality records. Ten indicators of potentially burdensome care were examined. Multinominal logistic regression examined predictors of a composite measure of potentially burdensome care, consisting of > 1 ED presentation or > 1 hospital admission or ≥ 1 ICU admission within 30 days of death, or died in acute care. RESULTS: Of the 80,005 cancer-related deaths, 86.9% were hospitalised in the 12 months prior to death. Fifteen percent had > 1 ED presentation, 9.9% had > 1 hospital admission, 8.6% spent ≥ 14 days in hospital, 3.6% had ≥ 1 intensive care unit admission, and 1.2% received mechanical ventilation on ≥ 1 occasion in the last 30 days of life. Seventeen percent died in acute care. The potentially burdensome care composite measure identified 20.0% had 1 indicator, and 10.9% had ≥ 2 indicators of potentially burdensome care. Compared to having no indicators of potentially burdensome care, people who smoked, lived in rural areas, were most socially economically disadvantaged, and had their last admission in a private hospital were more likely to experience potentially burdensome care. Older people (≥ 55 years), females, people with 1 or ≥ 2 Charlson comorbidities, people with neurological cancers, and people who died in 2018-2019 were less likely to experience potentially burdensome care. Compared to people with head and neck cancer, people with all cancer types (except breast and neurological) were more likely to experience ≥ 2 indicators of potentially burdensome care versus none. CONCLUSION: This study shows the challenge of delivering health services at end-of-life. Opportunities to address potentially burdensome EOLC could involve taking a person-centric approach to integrate oncology and palliative care around individual needs and preferences. | |
dc.format | Electronic | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | BMC | |
dc.relation | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1135048 | |
dc.relation.ispartof | BMC Palliat Care | |
dc.relation.isbasedon | 10.1186/s12904-024-01358-x | |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
dc.subject | 1110 Nursing, 1117 Public Health and Health Services | |
dc.subject.classification | Gerontology | |
dc.subject.classification | 4203 Health services and systems | |
dc.subject.classification | 4205 Nursing | |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | |
dc.subject.mesh | Aged | |
dc.subject.mesh | Retrospective Studies | |
dc.subject.mesh | Terminal Care | |
dc.subject.mesh | Palliative Care | |
dc.subject.mesh | Hospitalization | |
dc.subject.mesh | Neoplasms | |
dc.subject.mesh | Death | |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | |
dc.subject.mesh | Neoplasms | |
dc.subject.mesh | Death | |
dc.subject.mesh | Hospitalization | |
dc.subject.mesh | Palliative Care | |
dc.subject.mesh | Terminal Care | |
dc.subject.mesh | Retrospective Studies | |
dc.subject.mesh | Aged | |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | |
dc.subject.mesh | Aged | |
dc.subject.mesh | Retrospective Studies | |
dc.subject.mesh | Terminal Care | |
dc.subject.mesh | Palliative Care | |
dc.subject.mesh | Hospitalization | |
dc.subject.mesh | Neoplasms | |
dc.subject.mesh | Death | |
dc.title | Potentially burdensome care at the end-of-life for cancer decedents: a retrospective population-wide study. | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
utslib.citation.volume | 23 | |
utslib.location.activity | England | |
utslib.for | 1110 Nursing | |
utslib.for | 1117 Public Health and Health Services | |
pubs.organisational-group | University of Technology Sydney | |
pubs.organisational-group | University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health | |
pubs.organisational-group | University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHT - Health Technologies | |
pubs.organisational-group | University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/IMPACCT | |
pubs.organisational-group | University of Technology Sydney/All Manual Groups | |
pubs.organisational-group | University of Technology Sydney/All Manual Groups/Centre for Health Technologies (CHT) | |
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dc.date.updated | 2024-08-01T04:26:48Z | |
pubs.issue | 1 | |
pubs.publication-status | Published online | |
pubs.volume | 23 | |
utslib.citation.issue | 1 |
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Variation persists in the quality of end-of-life-care (EOLC) for people with cancer. This study aims to describe the characteristics of, and examine factors associated with, indicators of potentially burdensome care provided in hospital, and use of hospital services in the last 12 months of life for people who had a death from cancer. METHOD: A population-based retrospective cohort study of people aged ≥ 20 years who died with a cancer-related cause of death during 2014-2019 in New South Wales, Australia using linked hospital, cancer registry and mortality records. Ten indicators of potentially burdensome care were examined. Multinominal logistic regression examined predictors of a composite measure of potentially burdensome care, consisting of > 1 ED presentation or > 1 hospital admission or ≥ 1 ICU admission within 30 days of death, or died in acute care. RESULTS: Of the 80,005 cancer-related deaths, 86.9% were hospitalised in the 12 months prior to death. Fifteen percent had > 1 ED presentation, 9.9% had > 1 hospital admission, 8.6% spent ≥ 14 days in hospital, 3.6% had ≥ 1 intensive care unit admission, and 1.2% received mechanical ventilation on ≥ 1 occasion in the last 30 days of life. Seventeen percent died in acute care. The potentially burdensome care composite measure identified 20.0% had 1 indicator, and 10.9% had ≥ 2 indicators of potentially burdensome care. Compared to having no indicators of potentially burdensome care, people who smoked, lived in rural areas, were most socially economically disadvantaged, and had their last admission in a private hospital were more likely to experience potentially burdensome care. Older people (≥ 55 years), females, people with 1 or ≥ 2 Charlson comorbidities, people with neurological cancers, and people who died in 2018-2019 were less likely to experience potentially burdensome care. Compared to people with head and neck cancer, people with all cancer types (except breast and neurological) were more likely to experience ≥ 2 indicators of potentially burdensome care versus none. CONCLUSION: This study shows the challenge of delivering health services at end-of-life. Opportunities to address potentially burdensome EOLC could involve taking a person-centric approach to integrate oncology and palliative care around individual needs and preferences.
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