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Emergency Department-Initiated Palliative Care in Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA Oncol
May 2016
The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York4James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, New York.
Importance: The delivery of palliative care is not standard of care within most emergency departments (EDs).
Objective: To compare quality of life, depression, health care utilization, and survival in ED patients with advanced cancer randomized to ED-initiated palliative care consultation vs care as usual.
Design, Setting, And Participants: A single-blind, randomized clinical trial of ED-initiated palliative care consultation for patients with advanced cancer vs usual care took place from June 2011 to April 2014 at an urban, academic ED at a quaternary care referral center.