Trends and racial disparities in aggressive end-of-life care for a national sample of women with ovarian cancer.
Trends and racial disparities in aggressive end-of-life care for a national sample of women with ovarian cancer.
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Mullins MA;Ruterbusch JJ;Clarke P;Uppal S;Wallner LP;Cote ML
The clinical landscape has moved towards less aggressive end of life care for women with ovarian cancer. However, whether there has been a decline in the use of aggressive end of life services is unknown. We evaluated current national trends and racial disparities in end-of-life care among women with ovarian cancer, using the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) linked Medicare dataset. We identified 7,756 Medicare beneficiaries over age 66 with ovarian cancer dying between 2007 and 2016. We examined trends and racial disparities in late or no hospice use, more than one emergency department (ED) visit, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, more than one hospitalization, terminal hospitalization, chemotherapy, and invasive and/or life extending procedures using multivariable logistic regression. The median hospice length of stay did not change over time, however women were increasingly admitted to the ICU and had multiple ED visits in the last month of life (p<.001). Not enrolling in hospice at the end-of-life and terminal hospitalizations decreased over time (p<.001). Nonwhite women were more likely to receive aggressive end of life care, particularly for hospital-related utilization and life extending procedures, whereas non-Hispanic Black women were more likely to have >1 ED visits (OR 2.04 CI 1.57-2.64) or life extending procedures (OR 1.89 CI 1.45-2.48) compared to non-Hispanic White women. Despite clinical guidelines and increasing emphasis on reducing aggressive end of life care, the use of aggressive end of life care for women with ovarian cancer persists, and care is most aggressive for Nonwhite women. Despite the recent emphasis on reducing aggressive end of life care, no/late hospice use, aggressive treatment, and inappropriate hospital utilization persist among women with ovarian cancer who are at the end of life, and this care is most aggressive for Nonwhite women.
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DOI:
10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0650
发表时间:
2012-04
期刊:
Health affairs (Project Hope)
影响因子:
--
作者:
Morden NE;Chang CH;Jacobson JO;Berke EM;Bynum JP;Murray KM;Goodman DC
通讯作者:
Goodman DC
影响因子:
4.7
作者:
Dzeng, Elizabeth;Dohan, Daniel;Ritchie, Christine S.
通讯作者:
Ritchie, Christine S.
影响因子:
4.7
作者:
Brown, Alaina J.;Sun, Charlotte C.;Bodurka, Diane C.
通讯作者:
Bodurka, Diane C.
影响因子:
7.2
作者:
Klabunde, CN;Potosky, AL;Warren, JL
通讯作者:
Warren, JL
影响因子:
4
作者:
Nipp RD;Tramontano AC;Kong CY;Hur C
通讯作者:
Hur C