Socioeconomic differences in the intensity of end-of-life care among patients with cancer: a population-based study in the Lazio region, Italy
Arianna Bellini, Alessandro Cesare Rosa, Michela Servadio, Paola Michelozzi, Antonio Addis, Valeria Belleudi · 2026
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Bellini and colleagues in Italy studied in 2026 how wealth and schooling shape the last month of care for cancer patients. They read health records for near eighty five thousand people in the Lazio region who died of cancer from 2015 to 2019. Care strength was gauged by hospital stays, emergency visits, drug use, and place of death. School level and a local hardship score stood in for social rank.
A clear split showed up in the final month. Patients with more schooling were more apt to be in hospital, to get cancer drugs, and to die in hospital. They were less apt to land in emergency care or to get opioid pain drugs. Patients with less schooling showed the mirror image. The authors say rank bends the path of dying care in both ways, and call for care plans fit to each group.
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| CREATOR | Arianna Bellini, Alessandro Cesare Rosa, Michela Servadio, Paola Michelozzi, Antonio Addis, Valeria Belleudi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |