Care at the end of life during the COVID-19 pandemic: A CancerLinQ Discovery (CLQD) analysis
| Autor: | Electra D. Paskett, Gabrielle B. Rocque, Mark Riffon, Jennifer C. King, Danielle Potter, Abdul Rahman Jazieh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Clinical Oncology. 39:310-310 |
| ISSN: | 1527-7755 0732-183X |
| Popis: | 310 Background: For patients with cancer approaching end-of-life (EOL) during the COVID-19 pandemic, the changes in service availability and transition to telehealth may impact care delivery. Little is known about how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted EOL encounters with the healthcare system, particularly for vulnerable patient populations. Methods: This retrospective cohort study included patients with cancer who died from 1/2019-9/2020 in the CLQD electronic health record-based dataset. Descriptive statistics were generated for demographic characteristics and for clinical encounters (telehealth/in person/no encounter) in the last 3 months of life (EOL) among patients deceased in the year. Results were stratified by age, race, ethnicity, and geographic region. Results: Among the 49,688 deceased patients, 27% were under 65, 29% were 65-74, and 44% were 75+. The majority were Non-Hispanic White, with 5% Hispanic, 12% Black. In 2020, patients who were age 75+, White, Non-Hispanic, and/or living in the Midwest or Northeast had lower rates of in person encounters and higher rates of no encounter at EOL than those |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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