Calls to legalize physician-assisted suicide have increased and public interest in the subject
has grown in recent years despite ethical prohibitions. Many people have concerns about …

In health care, a high-emotion service, unintended consequences can be especially
problematic. People's physical, psychological, and financial well-being—even their lives …

Background Accurate population-based data regarding hospital-based care utilisation by
older persons during their last year of life are important in health services planning. We …

OBJECTIVES To compare aggressiveness of end‐of‐life (EoL) care for older cancer patients
attributed to Medicare Shared Savings Programs with that for similar fee for service (FFS) …

Aim To identify factors associated with completion of Advance Care Planning (ACP) by
patients seen in primary care in developed countries. We hypothesized that the quality of …

Background: Before the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the financing landscape for fee-for-
service health care lacked broad structure and incentives to provide palliative care outside …

Objective: The objective of this study was to examine site of death and hospice use,
identifying potential disparities among veterans dying in Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) …

Purpose: LGBTQ+ individuals experience multiple challenges receiving quality care at the
end of life, such as lack of confidence in the healthcare system to address their needs and …

Introduction The purpose of the study was to test the effect of receiving pediatric concurrent
hospice care on primary care visits. Method This retrospective study was limited to pediatric …

Purpose Current evidence on the care-delivering process and the intensity of treatment at
the end-of-life of cancer patients is limited and remains unclear. Our objective was to …