Although our findings showed no significant change in DOS after hospice enrollment among either terminal cancer patients or non-cancer patient groups from 2010 to 2015, the cancer group showed an increasing trend of late referrals to hospice care.
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Differences in do-not-resuscitate orders, hospice care utilization, and late referral to hospice care between cancer and non-cancer decedents in a tertiary Hospital in Taiwan between 2010 and 2015: a hospital-based observational study.
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However, there were no significant trends in the length of stay in hospice care for both groups, but there was a significant trend in the rate of late referral in the cancer group.