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Original Articles: Survivorship, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care

The effect of palliative outpatient units on resource use for cancer patients in Finland

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Pages 1118-1123 | Received 12 Jun 2023, Accepted 21 Jul 2023, Published online: 03 Aug 2023

Figures & data

Table 1. Characteristics of the patient population.

Table 2. Timing of the patients’ appointments to the PC unit with respect to death.

Table 3. Proportions of PC unit visitors and non-visitors in systemic cancer treatment and radiotherapy recipients during the last 30 days of life.

Table 4. Number of visits to the emergency department and inpatient days 30 and 90 days before death.

Table 5. Results of the regression analyses of factors associated with emergency and inpatient care services use in the last 30 and 90 days of life.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, O.H., upon reasonable request.

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