Inpatient Palliative Care Use Among Critically III Brain Metastasis Patients in the United States

This study was a retrospective analysis of Nationwide Inpatient Sample data collected during 2005 to 2014. This study included critically ill patients, 18 years and above, diagnosed with brain metastasis, identified using International Classification of Diseases-Ninth Revision-Clinical Modification diagnosis and procedure codes. Multivariable logistic regression models were used for predicting factors associated with inpatient palliative care use. Results: Among 18,309 critically ill patients with brain metastasis, 3298 (18.0%) received inpatient palliative care. The rate of inpatient palliative care use among these patients increased from 3.2% to 28.5%, during 2005 to 2014 (P
Source: American Journal of Clinical Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Original Articles: Palliative Care Source Type: research