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October 8, 2025JCO Oncology Practice

Disparities in palliative care delivery for metastatic cancer patients: A nationwide analysis using the NIS 2020 dataset.

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AJAbdullah JamalWRWania RehmanMSMuhammad Talha Shaukat

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Retrospective analysis reveals disparities in palliative care delivery for metastatic cancer patients, highlighting insurance and hospital factors.

Key Points

  • Only 25.5% of metastatic cancer patients received palliative care, indicating substantial accessibility issues.
  • Comparatively, patients receiving palliative care had a significantly higher in-hospital mortality of 31.3% versus 8.7% for non-recipients.
  • Logistic regression indicated that 'No charge' insurance significantly associated with higher odds of palliative care access.
  • System-level hurdles exist despite adjustments for demographics and hospital characteristics, suggesting a need for policy reform.

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Jamal et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e6f342f8145af55aeaccfchttps://doi.org/10.1200/op.2025.21.10_suppl.114
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