Ten-Year Trends of Utilization of Palliative Care Services and Life-Sustaining Treatments and Hospital Costs Associated With Patients With Terminally Ill Lung Cancer in the United States From 2005 to 2014.
Jinwook HwangJay ShenSun Jung KimSung-Youn ChunMutsumi KiokaFaizan SherazPearl KimDavid ByunJi Won YooPublished in: The American journal of hospice & palliative care (2019)
The temporal trends of palliative care services indicate that their utilization has increased gradually. Palliative care services were associated with reduced hospital costs. However, life-sustaining treatments were associated with increased hospital costs.