Association between Palliative Care, Days at Home, and Health Care Use in Patients with Advanced COPD: A Cohort Study.
Laura C MaclaganFangyun WuNing LiuPeter TanuseputroTherese A StukelJun GuanTetyana KendzerskaMihaela S StefanPeter K LindenauerAndrea S GershonPublished in: Annals of the American Thoracic Society (2021)
Receipt of palliative care did not reduce days at home or healthcare utilization but was associated with a modest increase in proportion dying at home. Future work should evaluate palliative care strategies designed specifically for patients with COPD.