Journal of pain and symptom management
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J Pain Symptom Manage · Mar 2015
Hospital end-of-life treatment intensity among cancer and non-cancer cohorts.
Hospitals vary substantially in their end-of-life (EOL) treatment intensity. It is unknown if patterns of EOL treatment intensity are consistent across conditions. ⋯ Despite substantial difference between hospitals in EOL treatment intensity, within-hospital homogeneity in EOL treatment intensity for cancer- and non-cancer populations suggests the existence of condition-insensitive institutional norms of EOL treatment.