Hospice referral patterns in India during COVID-19: A retrospective study on advanced cancer patients
Megha Reddy, Seema Rao, Sangeetha N. · 2026
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Megha Reddy and co-authors study hospice referrals in urban India during the COVID-19 years in a 2026 paper. Hospice care can ease the last phase of cancer, yet many patients reach it too late to gain much. The team reviewed admissions across three waves of the outbreak.
More than seven hundred patients with advanced cancer entered the hospice in the study spans. Breast cancer was the most common type, and doctors were the main source of referrals. The time from admission to death stayed under thirty days in each wave, which signals late referral. Age and income did not shift the timing. Readers see a clear need for earlier referral paths.
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| CREATOR | Megha Reddy, Seema Rao, Sangeetha N. |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 22 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |