The impact of palliative care contact on the use of hospital resources at the end of life for brain tumor patients; a nationwide register-based cohort study.

Purpose: The aim of this nationwide retrospective cohort study was to evaluate the timing of the first specialist palliative care (SPC) contact and its impact on the use of hospital resources at the end of life in patients with brain tumors.

Materials And Methods: The analysis comprised 373 brain tumor patients who died during 2019 in Finland. Patients were divided into two groups according to the time of first SPC contact: early, i.

End-of-Life Care and Use of Hospital Resources in Radiotherapy-Treated Cancer Patients with Brain Metastases: A Single-Institution Retrospective Study.

Purpose: The aim of this single-institution retrospective study of patients treated with radiotherapy for brain metastases (BM) was to evaluate the timing of the palliative care (PC) decision, the use of health care services, i.e., emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations, and the implementation of radiotherapy at the end of life (EOL).

Effect of palliative care decisions making on hospital service use at end-of-life in patients with malignant brain tumors: a retrospective study.

Background: Palliative care (PC) improves Quality of life and reduces the symptom burden. Aggressive treatments at end of life (EOL) postpone PC. The aim of this single-center retrospective study was to evaluate the timing of the PC decision i.