Palliative care referral in cancer patients with regard to initial cancer prognosis: a population-based study

More than half of cancer patients require palliative care; however, inequality in access and late referral in the illness trajectory are major issues. This study assessed the cumulative incidence of first hospital-based palliative care (HPC) referral, as well as the influence of patient-, tumor-, an...

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