Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Palliative Care in Cancer Patients in Spain

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dc.contributor.authorBeltran-Aroca, Cristina M.
dc.contributor.authorRuiz-Montero, Rafael
dc.contributor.authorLlergo-Munoz, Antonio
dc.contributor.authorRubio, Leticia
dc.contributor.authorGirela-Lopez, Eloy
dc.contributor.authoraffiliation[Beltran-Aroca, Cristina M.] Univ Cordoba, Fac Med & Enfermeria, Sect Legal & Forens Med, Cordoba 14004, Spain
dc.contributor.authoraffiliation[Girela-Lopez, Eloy] Univ Cordoba, Fac Med & Enfermeria, Sect Legal & Forens Med, Cordoba 14004, Spain
dc.contributor.authoraffiliation[Ruiz-Montero, Rafael] Univ Cordoba, Hosp Univ Reina Sofia, Inst Maimonides Invest Biomed Cordoba IMIBIC, Ave Menendez Pidal S-N, Cordoba 14004, Spain
dc.contributor.authoraffiliation[Llergo-Munoz, Antonio] Hosp Univ Reina Sofia, UGC Cuidados Paliat, Ave Menendez Pidal S-N, Cordoba 14004, Spain
dc.contributor.authoraffiliation[Rubio, Leticia] Univ Malaga, Fac Med, Inst Invest Biomed Malaga IBIMA, Dept Human Anat & Legal Med, Malaga 29071, Spain
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-07T13:34:08Z
dc.date.available2025-01-07T13:34:08Z
dc.date.issued2021-11-01
dc.description.abstractBackground: The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has severely affected healthcare organizations worldwide, and the provision of palliative care (PC) to cancer patients has been no exception. The aim of this paper was to analyse the levels of health care provided by the Clinical Management Unit for PC in Cordoba (Spain) for cancer patients. Method: a retrospective cohort study was conducted. It analyzed the PC internal management database including all cancer patients treated in the period of 2018-2021. Results: 1967 cases were studied. There was a drop in cancer cases (p = 0.008), deaths at the PC hospital (p
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/ijerph182211992
dc.identifier.essn1660-4601
dc.identifier.pmid34831747
dc.identifier.unpaywallURLhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/11992/pdf?version=1637052832
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10668/25653
dc.identifier.wosID723802700001
dc.issue.number22
dc.journal.titleInternational journal of environmental research and public health
dc.journal.titleabbreviationInt. j. environ. res. public health
dc.language.isoen
dc.organizationSAS - Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía
dc.organizationInstituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC)
dc.organizationInstituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga - Plataforma Bionand (IBIMA)
dc.publisherMdpi
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectpalliative care
dc.subjectcancer
dc.subjectethical issues
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectpandemic
dc.subjectlegal medicine
dc.subjectAssociation
dc.subjectQuality
dc.subjectDeath
dc.titleImpact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Palliative Care in Cancer Patients in Spain
dc.typeresearch article
dc.type.hasVersionVoR
dc.volume.number18
dc.wostypeArticle

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