Factors affecting use of unscheduled care for people with advanced cancer: a retrospective cohort study in Scotland.

CONCLUSION: Unscheduled care attendance by people with advanced cancer was substantially higher than previously reported, increased dramatically towards the end of life, was largely independent of demographic factors and cancer type, and was commonly for pain and palliative care. PMID: 31740459 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31740459?dopt=Abstract

Source: The British Journal of General Practice - November 17, 2019 Category: Primary Care Authors: Mills S, Buchanan D, Guthrie B, Donnan P, Smith B Tags: Br J Gen Pract Source Type: research