Patterns of Symptom Management Medication Receipt  at End-of-Life Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Lung Cancer

Older adults with advanced lung cancer experience high symptom burden at end of life (EOL), yet hospice enrollment often happens late or not at all. Receipt of medications to manage symptoms in the outpatient setting, outside the Medicare hospice benefit, has not been described.

Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - November 24, 2019 Category: Palliative Care Authors: Maureen L. Saphire, Elizabeth H. Prsic, Maureen E. Canavan, Shi-Yi J. Wang, Carolyn J. Presley, Amy J. Davidoff Tags: Original Article Source Type: research