A significant proportion of health care resources are consumed at end of life. As a result,
decision and policy makers seek cost savings to enhance program planning. Most literature, …

Context A validated 82-item Advance Care Planning (ACP) Engagement Survey measures a
broad range of behaviors. However, concise surveys are needed. Objectives The objective …

BACKGROUND: Cancer survival is related to features of the primary malignancy and
concurrent presence of nonmalignant diseases (comorbidities), including weight‐related …

… Robin Fainsinger Collection and assembly of data: Lisa Martin, Hue Quan, Marlis Atkins
Data analysis and interpretation: Lisa Martin, Sunita Ghosh, Konrad Fassbender, G. Michael …

Purpose Palliative care (PC) and palliative radiotherapy (RT) consultation are integral to the
care of patients with advanced cancer. These services are not universally available in rural …

Background: De-institutionalization of health care services provided to terminally ill cancer
patients is a cost-effective strategy that underpins health care reforms in Canada. The …

Cancer cachexia is defined as a multifactorial syndrome of involuntary weight loss characterized
by an ongoing loss of skeletal muscle mass and progressive functional impairment. It is …

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate prospectively the resource utilization and related
costs during the palliative phase of care in five regions across Canada. Subjects: A cohort of …

Background A compassionate community approach to palliative care provides important
rationale for building community-based hospice volunteer capacity. In this project, we piloted …

Restructuring health care in Canada has emphasized the provision of ambulatory and home-based
palliative care. Acquiring economic evidence is critical given this trend and its …