Use of Palliative Care Among Commercially Insured Patients With Metastatic Cancer Between 2001 and 2016.
Alessandra FerrarioFang ZhangDennis Ross-DegnanJ Frank WharamMartha L TwaddleAnita Katharina WagnerPublished in: JCO oncology practice (2022)
Use of palliative care among commercially insured patients with advanced cancers has increased since 2001. However, even with an expanded definition of services specified as, or indicative of, palliative care, < 40% of patients with advanced cancers received palliative care in 2016.