Sex-Based Analysis of Quality Indicators of End-of-Life Care in Gastrointestinal Malignancies
Indices of aggressive or supportive end-of-life (EOL) care are used to evaluate health services quality. Disparities according to sex were previously described, with studies showing that male sex is associated with aggressive EOL care. This is a secondary analysis of 69,983 patients who died of a GI malignancy in Ontario between 2006 and 2018. Quality indices from the last 14-30 days of life and aggregate measures for aggressive and supportive EOL care were derived from administrative data. Hospitalizations, emergency department use, intensive care unit admissions, and receipt of chemotherapy were considered indices of aggressive care, while physician house call and palliative home care were considered indices of supportive care. Overall, a smaller proportion of females experienced aggressive care at EOL (14.3% vs. 19.0%, standardized difference = 0.13, where ≥0.1 is a meaningful difference). Over time, rates of aggressive care were stable, while rates of supportive care increased for both sexes. Logistic regression showed that younger females (ages 18-39) had increased odds of experiencing aggressive EOL care (OR 1.71, 95% CI 1.30-2.25), but there was no such association for males. Quality of EOL care varies according to sex, with a smaller proportion of females experiencing aggressive EOL care.
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31 |
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Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) - 31(2024), 3 vom: 22. Feb., Seite 1170-1182 |
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Lees, Caitlin S [VerfasserIn] |
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Date Completed 28.03.2024 Date Revised 29.03.2024 published: Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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