Background Cost-of-illness studies in palliative care are of growing interest in health
economics. There is no standard methodology to capture direct and non-direct healthcare …

Mounting evidence supports oncology organizations' recommendations of early palliative
care as a cancer care best practice for patients with advanced cancer and/or high symptom …

Background Few services are available to support rural older adults living at home with
advancing chronic illness. The objective of this project was to pilot a nurse-led navigation …

Introduction Cancer health disparities are widespread. Nevertheless, the disparities in
outcomes among diverse survivors of cancer ages 65 years and older (“older”) have not …

Background: Advanced cancer patients often die in hospital after receiving needless,
aggressive treatment. Although palliative care improves symptom management, barriers to …

Background and purpose: The aim of this literature review is to explore barriers and
potential solutions related to hospice (HC) and palliative care (PC) services among rural …

Purpose To assess disparities in end-of-life care among patients with ovarian cancer.
Patients and Methods Using Texas Cancer Registry-Medicare data, we assessed patients …

Background Despite recommendations from professional organizations supporting early
hospice enrollment for patients with cancer, little research exists regarding end-of-life (EOL) …

Background End-of-life experience is a subject of significant policy interest. National
longitudinal studies offer valuable opportunities to examine individual-level experiences …

Background Advanced heart failure (AHF) carries a morbidity and mortality that are similar or
worse than many advanced cancers. Despite this, there are no accepted quality metrics for …