RT Journal Article
T1 Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Palliative Care in Cancer Patients in Spain
A1 Beltran-Aroca, Cristina M.
A1 Ruiz-Montero, Rafael
A1 Llergo-Munoz, Antonio
A1 Rubio, Leticia
A1 Girela-Lopez, Eloy
K1 palliative care
K1 cancer
K1 ethical issues
K1 COVID-19
K1 pandemic
K1 legal medicine
K1 Association
K1 Quality
K1 Death
AB Background: 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
PB Mdpi
YR 2021
FD 2021-11-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10668/25653
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10668/25653
LA en
DS RISalud
RD Apr 10, 2025