Variations in the quality and costs of end-of-life care preferences and palliative outcomes for cancer patients by place of death: the QUALYCARE study

摘要

BackgroundEmerging trends and new policies suggest that more cancer patients might die at home in the future. However, not all have equal chances of achieving this. Furthermore, there is lack of evidence to support that those who die at home experience better care and a better death than those who die as inpatients. The QUALYCARE study aims to examine variations in the quality and costs of end-of-life care, preferences and palliative outcomes associated with dying at home or in an institution for cancer patients.