Trends and racial disparities in aggressive end of life care for a national sample of women with ovarian cancer

dc.contributor.authorMullins, Megan A.
dc.contributor.authorRuterbusch, Julie J.
dc.contributor.authorClarke, Philippa
dc.contributor.authorUppal, Shitanshu
dc.contributor.authorWallner, Lauren P.
dc.contributor.authorCote, Michele L.
dc.contributor.departmentEpidemiology, Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-30T10:43:26Z
dc.date.available2024-09-30T10:43:26Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractBackground: The clinical landscape has moved toward less aggressive end-of-life care for women with ovarian cancer. However, whether there has been a decline in the use of aggressive end-of-life services is unknown. The authors evaluated current national trends and racial disparities in end-of-life care among women with ovarian cancer using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results-Medicare-linked data set. Methods: In total, 7756 Medicare beneficiaries aged >66 years with ovarian cancer who died between 2007 and 2016 were identified. The authors examined trends and racial disparities in late hospice or no hospice use, >1 emergency department (ED) visit, intensive care unit admission, >1 hospitalization, terminal hospitalization, chemotherapy, and invasive and/or life-extending procedures using multivariable logistic regression. Results: The median hospice length of stay did not change over time; however, women were increasingly admitted to the intensive care unit and had multiple ED visits in the last month of life (P < .001). Not enrolling in hospice at the end of life and terminal hospitalizations decreased over time (P < .001). Non-White women were more likely to receive aggressive end-of-life care, particularly for hospital-related utilization and life-extending procedures, whereas non-Hispanic Black women were more likely to have >1 ED visit (odds ratio, 2.04; 95% CI, 1.57-2.64) or life-extending procedures (odds ratio, 1.89; 95% CI, 1.45-2.48) compared with non-Hispanic White women. Conclusions: Despite clinical guidelines and increasing emphasis on reducing aggressive end-of-life care, the use of aggressive end-of-life care for women with ovarian cancer persists, and care is most aggressive for non-White women.
dc.eprint.versionAuthor's manuscript
dc.identifier.citationMullins MA, Ruterbusch JJ, Clarke P, Uppal S, Wallner LP, Cote ML. Trends and racial disparities in aggressive end-of-life care for a national sample of women with ovarian cancer. Cancer. 2021;127(13):2229-2237. doi:10.1002/cncr.33488
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/43658
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.isversionof10.1002/cncr.33488
dc.relation.journalCancer
dc.rightsPublisher Policy
dc.sourcePMC
dc.subjectHospice care
dc.subjectOvarian cancer
dc.subjectRacial disparity
dc.subjectTerminal care
dc.titleTrends and racial disparities in aggressive end of life care for a national sample of women with ovarian cancer
dc.typeArticle
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