One-third of Americans will visit an emergency department, or ED, within a month of their death. While EDs are primarily purposed to provide emergent care, they're increasingly becoming an initial ...

One-third of Americans will visit an emergency department, or ED, within a month of their death. While EDs are primarily purposed to provide emergent care, they're increasingly becoming an initial ...

An end-of-life ED visit was inversely associated with time from palliative care referral to death per 1-month increase (OR, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.80 to 0.89; P .001). A substantial proportion of patients ...

Early palliative care, palliative care integrated with oncology care early in the course of illness, has myriad benefits for patients and their caregivers, including improved quality of life, reduced ...