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COVID-19, deaths at home and end-of-life cancer care

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  • Arabadzhyan, Anastasia
  • Grašič, Katja
  • Sivey, Peter

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During the COVID-19 pandemic there was a period of high excess deaths from cancer at home as opposed to in hospitals or in care homes. In this paper we aim to explore whether healthcare utilisation trajectories of cancer patients in the final months of life during the COVID-19 pandemic reveal any potential unmet healthcare need. We use English hospital records linked to data on all deaths in and out of hospital which identifies the cause and location of death.

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  • Arabadzhyan, Anastasia & Grašič, Katja & Sivey, Peter, 2024. "COVID-19, deaths at home and end-of-life cancer care," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 52(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ehbiol:v:52:y:2024:i:c:s1570677x23001193
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101338
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    1. Apostolos Davillas & Andrew M. Jones, 2021. "Unmet health care need and income‐Related horizontal equity in use of health care during the COVID‐19 pandemic," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 30(7), pages 1711-1716, July.

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