Resource Use in the Last Year of Life Among Patients Who Died With Versus of Prostate Cancer
Dinan MA, Li Y, Zhang Y, Stewart SB, Curtis LH, George DJ, Reed SD. Resource Use in the Last Year of Life Among Patients Who Died With Versus of Prostate Cancer. Clinical Genitourinary Cancer 2015, 14: 28-37.e2. PMID: 26382223, PMCID: PMC4698191, DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2015.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnd Results-Medicare dataEnd of lifeProstate cancerOutpatient settingOutpatient useRetrospective analysisMore hospicesLower mean inpatient costsSkilled nursing facility daysIntensive care unit daysIntensive care unit useJudicious careAndrogen deprivation therapyOverall health care costsUse of chemotherapyMean inpatient costsMultiple invasive proceduresHealth care costsSignificant financial burdenDeprivation therapyNoncancer causesICU useSingle strongest predictorUnit daysInpatient costs