In the outpatient setting, a recent secondary analysis [ 3 ] of the Temel study in lung cancer patients [ 7 ] found early PC to be not associated with higher overall health care expenses and a statistical trend towards lower mean total costs per day.
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End-of-Life Care Matters: Palliative Cancer Care Results in Better Care and Lower Costs.
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Some studies showed an encouraging trend of a lower proportion of cancer patients dying in acute care hospitals and a higher number of hospice enrollments in the last month of life, but this was dampened by findings of higher rate of ICU and hospital utilization in the last months of life and higher proportion of hospice referrals in the last 3 days of life, respectively [ 32 ], [ 34 ].