Prospective cohort study of an Australian cancer care services-led model of emergent care.

Objective Many cancer care services (CCS) provide pragmatic models of emergent care for their patients as part of 'business as usual' without understanding the scope of this work. We aimed to describe an Australian CCS-led model of emergent care and quantify and profile emergent care provided over a 6-month period to understand scope and demand. Methods This prospective cohort study was performed at a large tertiary hospital on the eastern coast of Australia in 2016.

How do cancer care services in Australia take care of their patients when they require emergency care? We need more evidence.

A letter to the editor on cancer patients accessing emergency care.

Taking care of our own: A narrative review of cancer care services-led models of care providing emergent care to patients with cancer.

Purpose: To synthesise available evidence on cancer care services-led models of care in the acute care setting that aim to reduce emergency presentations and/or hospital admissions for patients with cancer.

Methods: A narrative review of studies describing models of care for patients with cancer and emergent healthcare needs was undertaken. Four databases were searched using keywords to identify primary research or quality improvement articles published between January 2005-June 2017.