Prevalence and Factors Associated With Palliative Care Utilization Among Hospitalized Patients With Gallbladder Cancer- A National Inpatient Sample Analysis.

Palliative care use among GBC patients is still low at 18.0%. Palliative care use was associated with insurance disparities, discharge disposition, hospital location, and type of admission. Therefore, concerted efforts to address these disparities in palliative care utilization are needed to improve the quality of care for this population.