Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer: access to palliative care, emergency room visits and hospital deaths

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer: access to palliative care, emergency room visits and hospital deaths

Abstract Background Despite the severe symptoms experienced by dying COPD patients, specialized palliative care (SPC) services focus mainly on cancer patients. We aimed to study the access to SPC that COPD and lung cancer (LC) patients receive and how that access affects the need for acute hospital...

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Main Authors: Peter Strang, Per Fürst, Christel Hedman, Jenny Bergqvist, Helena Adlitzer, Torbjörn Schultz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Pulmonary Medicine
Subjects:
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Lung cancer
Palliative care services
Place of death
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-021-01533-3

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