Exploring the Utility of the Modified Hospitalized‐Patient One‐Year Mortality Risk Score to Trigger Referrals to Palliative Care for Inpatients With Cancer
A higher mHOMR score was significantly associated with the risk of mortality in patients with advanced cancer. However, the developer-recommended mHOMR cut-off of 0.21 failed to identify a statistically significant difference between patients with advanced cancer at low versus high scores. While mHOMR may be a useful tool to augment clinical judgment and identify inpatients with advanced cancer at high risk of death, who in turn may benefit from referral to palliative care, the optimal mHOMR cutoff may warrant adjustment for this population.
Authors
- Julie Lapenskie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5358-5685)
- Breffni Hannon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0881-555X)
- James Downar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7479-1560)
- Rebecca M. Prince (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7989-6537)
- Selva Kumar Subramaniam
- Lisa W. Le (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0084-9915)
- Pete Wegier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0191-136X)
- Arunangshu Ghoshal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9975-2568)
Institutions
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Ottawa Hospital (CA)
- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (CA)
- Humber River Regional Hospital (CA)
- Bruyère (CA)
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Cancer Medicine
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.70292
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.54