Health Care Contact Days Experienced by Decedents With Advanced GI Cancer.
Vishal R PatelVidhyalakshmi RameshAlexander K TsaiRamy SedhomAnders D WestanmoAnne H BlaesRachel Isaksson VogelHelen M ParsonsTimothy P HannaIshani GanguliStacie B DusetzinaGabrielle B RocqueChristopher M BoothArjun GuptaPublished in: JCO oncology practice (2023)
Decedents with advanced GI cancer spend 1 in 4 days alive with health care contact, despite a median survival of under 6 months. This is even higher immediately postdiagnosis and near death. These findings highlight the need to understand sources of variation, benchmark appropriate care, and deliver more efficient care for this vulnerable population with limited time.