Journal article
Quality of End-of-Life Care in Gastrointestinal Cancers: A 13-Year Population-Based Retrospective Analysis in Ontario, Canada
Abstract
Population-based quality indicators of either aggressive or supportive care at end of life (EOL), especially when specific to a cancer type, help to inform quality improvement efforts. This is a population-based, retrospective cohort study of gastrointestinal (GI) cancer decedents in Ontario from 1 January 2006-31 December 2018, using administrative data. Quality indices included hospitalizations, emergency department (ED) use, intensive care …
Authors
Lees CS; Seow H; Chan KK; Gayowsky A; Sinnarajah A
Journal
Current Oncology, Vol. 29, No. 12, pp. 9163–9171
Publisher
MDPI
DOI
10.3390/curroncol29120717
ISSN
1198-0052