Aggressive Inpatient Care at the End of Life for Patients With Head and Neck Cancer
Receiving PC at the EoL was associated with less aggressive interventions and costly hospitalization. Further research should examine these associations using prospective designs and evaluate whether increased PC referral and early uptake might help diminish poor quality of care and costly hospitalizations.
Authors
- Rotem Kimia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9572-2521)
- Monica H. Bodd (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-2125)
- Karleen F. Giannitrapani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0987-6204)
- Soraya Fereydooni
Institutions
- Tufts Medical Center (US)
- Palo Alto University (US)
- Yale University (US)
- Stanford Health Care (US)
- Yale New Haven Health System (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Head & Neck
- Published
- 2026-01-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.70166
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00