Inpatient palliative care utilisation among patients with gallbladder cancer in the United States: A 10-year perspective.

Zahra Mojtahedi¹, Guogen Shan², Katayoon Ghodsi¹, Karen Callahan², Ji W Yoo³, Jennifer Vanderlaan⁴, Jerry Reeves⁵, Jay J Shen¹

¹Department of Healthcare Administration and Policy, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

²Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

³Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

⁴School of Nursing, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

⁵HealtHIE Nevada, Comagine Health, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a rare, poor-prognosis cancer with unique demographics, comorbidities and a paucity of research. This study investigated inpatient palliative care and its associations with demographics, comorbidities (e.g., obesity), length of stay and hospital charges in GBC in US hospitals (2007-2016). METHODS: Data were extracted from the National Inpatient Sample (NIS)…

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