The Impact of Specialist Palliative Care on the Utilization of Health Care Services at the End of Life Among Patients With Prostate Cancer: A Nationwide Register-based Study
Timo P. Carpén, Nelli-Sofia A. Nåhls, Mikko S.J. Nuutinen, Tiina H. Saarto · 2026
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Timo Carpén and co-authors study in 2026 how earlier contact with specialist palliative care changes hospital use at the end of life for men with prostate cancer. The team used Finnish national registers for all 921 men who died of the disease in 2019. Only thirty percent had any specialist palliative contact, typically about three months before death.
Men seen by specialists more than thirty days before death spent their last month differently. They had fewer repeat hospital stays and readmissions, and far more care in palliative units or hospital-at-home services. Men with late or no contact had higher odds of emergency visits and extra hospitalizations. Most men still used hospital services heavily and died in hospital. The authors back earlier referral, while noting the study could not weigh disease severity or patient wishes.
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| CREATOR | Timo P. Carpén, Nelli-Sofia A. Nåhls, Mikko S.J. Nuutinen, Tiina H. Saarto |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |