Palliative care and healthcare utilization among deceased metastatic lung cancer patients in u.s. hospitals

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• who: Jong Wha Chang from the received palliative careFurthermore, we observed different patient characteristics of those receiving palliative care in the study sample. Our study results indicate that palliative care use grew during the study periods, which aligns with other studies investigating palliative care utilization among various chronic diseases. For instance, a study reported an increase of, .45% to, .56% between , and , among end-stage chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients [22]. Another study using the National Inpatient Sample reported that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients receiving palliative care increased from, .5% to, .2% between , and , [23]. In . . .
  

   

  

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