2015 The American journal of hospice & palliative care
* Palliative care consultation versus palliative care unit: which is associated with shorter terminal hospitalization length of stay among patients with cancer?
- Hospital length of stay (LoS) may be used to assess end-of-life care aggressiveness and health care delivery efficiency. We describe the terminal hospitalization LoS of patients with cancer managed by a hospital-based palliative care (PC) program comprising a palliative care consultation (PCC) service and an inpatient palliative care unit (PCU). A total of 328 in-hospital cancer deaths were divided into 2 groups. The PCU group included patients admitted by the PC team directly to the PCU. The PCC group included patients admitted by other specialties and referred to the PCC team. The LoS of the PCU group was significantly shorter than that of the PCC group (9.9 [±9.4] vs 17.8 [±19.7] days, respectively; P < .001). Direct terminal hospitalization to PCU is not associated with longer LoS among cancer deaths managed by a hospital-based PC service.
=>【病名】がん, 悪性腫瘍(しゅよう), がん腫, 社会悪, 癌
Overview of noun cancer
The noun cancer has 5 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (15) cancer, malignant neoplastic disease -- (any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal
and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic
system or the blood stream)
2. Cancer, Crab -- ((astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer)
3. Cancer -- (a small zodiacal constellation in the northern hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini)
4. Cancer, Cancer the Crab, Crab -- (the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from
about June 21 to July 22)
5. Cancer, genus Cancer -- (type genus of the family Cancridae)
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