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Lung Cancer
Researchers' work from Harvard University, Medical Department focuses on lung cancer
July 13th, 2009
According to recent research published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, "Many terminally ill patients enroll in hospice only in the final days before death or not at all. Discussing hospice with a health care provider could increase awareness of hospice and possibly result in earlier use." "We used data on 1517 patients diagnosed as having stage IV lung cancer from a multiregional study. We estimated logistic regression models for the probability that a patient discussed hospice with a physician or other health care provider before an interview 4 to 7 months after diagnosis as reported by either the patient or surrogate or documented in the medical...
Source: Managed Care Weekly Digest (2009-07-13)
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