Rural versus urban differences in end-of-life care for lung cancer patients in Germany.

Related Articles Rural versus urban differences in end-of-life care for lung cancer patients in Germany. Support Care Cancer. 2018 Jul;26(7):2275-2283 Authors: Walter J, Tufman A, Leidl R, Holle R, Schwarzkopf L Abstract PURPOSE: To assess rural-urban differences in healthcare utilization and supportive care at the end-of-life in German lung cancer patients. METHODS: We identified 12,929 patients with incident lung cancer in 2009 from claims data and categorized them to four district types (major city, urban, rural, remote rural). We compared site of death, unplanned hospitalizations, hospital days, outpatient doctor, general practitioner (GP) and home visits, structured palliative care, therapy with…
Origen: Rural versus urban differences in end-of-life care for lung cancer patients in Germany. – PubMed