Socioeconomic status, palliative care, and death at home among patients with cancer before and during covid-19

JAMA Network Open

2024-02-27

(Press-News.org) About The Study: The findings of this study of 173,000 adult patients who died with cancer suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with amplified socioeconomic disparities in death at home and specialized palliative care delivery at the end of life. Future research should focus on the mechanisms of these disparities and on developing interventions to ensure equitable and consistent specialized palliative care access.

Authors: Camilla Zimmermann, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.0503)

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