Trends in palliative care utilization… | 2025

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✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 42 out of 100. End-of-life care

Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies

The proportion of palliative utilization in cancer deaths started at 21.7% in 2010 and increased to 63.2% by 2020 with the beta coefficient of 0.09 (95% CI: 0.09-0.09). The proportion of palliative utilization in non-cancer deaths started at 0.8% in 2010 and increased to 23.5% by 2020, with the beta coefficient of 0.26 (95% CI: 0.26-0.26). Compared to deceased cancer patients, deceased non-cancer individuals were less likely to have received palliative care (OR = 0.12, 95% CI: 0.12-0.13). Efforts to ensure equitable access to palliative care for non-cancer individuals should focus on expanding services, enhancing provider education, and promoting cultural sensitivity to meet the growing need for palliative care integration. Funding: This study was supported in part by grants from the National Cheng Kung University Hospital (NCKUH-11305001, NCKUH-V101-10) and the National Health Research Institutes (NHRI-13A1-CG-CO-04-2225-1). The sponsors had no influence on the study.

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APA 7th

Lo, Y., Chuang, T.-J., Huang, Y., Wu, Y., Yang, Y., & Li, C. (2025). Trends in palliative care utilization among older adult decedents with and without cancer in Taiwan: a population-based comparative study. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101479

Vancouver

Lo Y, Chuang T.-J, Huang Y, Wu Y, Yang Y, Li C. Trends in palliative care utilization among older adult decedents with and without cancer in Taiwan: a population-based comparative study. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 2025. doi:10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101479. PMID: 39944417.

BibTeX

@article{lo2025-39944417,
  author  = {Lo, Yu‐Tai and Chuang, Tzu-Jung and Huang, Yu‐Tung and Wu, Yilin and Yang, Yi‐Ching and Li, Chung‐Yi},
  title   = {{Trends in palliative care utilization among older adult decedents with and without cancer in Taiwan: a population-based comparative study}},
  journal = {The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101479},
  pmid    = {39944417},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2025.101479}
}

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Key findings

The proportion of palliative utilization in cancer deaths started at 21.7% in 2010 and increased to 63.2% by 2020 with the beta coefficient of 0.09 (95% CI: 0.09-0.09).
The proportion of palliative utilization in non-cancer deaths started at 0.8% in 2010 and increased to 23.5% by 2020, with the beta coefficient of 0.26 (95% CI: 0.26-0.26).
Compared to deceased cancer patients, deceased non-cancer individuals were less likely to have received palliative care (OR = 0.12, 95% CI: 0.12-0.13).
Efforts to ensure equitable access to palliative care for non-cancer individuals should focus on expanding services, enhancing provider education, and promoting cultural sensitivity to meet the growing need for palliative care integration.
Funding: This study was supported in part by grants from the National Cheng Kung University Hospital (NCKUH-11305001, NCKUH-V101-10) and the National Health Research Institutes (NHRI-13A1-CG-CO-04-2225-1).

Why it matters

This population study in Taiwan found that palliative care use rose for both cancer and non-cancer decedents, but non-cancer decedents were much less likely to receive it. It does not test any treatment, cure or prevention.

Study details

Effect size21.7%; 63.2%; 0.8%
Evidence strengthLow

How this study scored 42/100

Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, studied in people and randomized / blinded because the record does not state it.

Component	Points	Why
Journal tier	7 / 10	Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific)
Journal's citation record	0 / 4	The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific: journal h-index 66 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29)
Study design	0 / 12	No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Strength of evidence	1 / 5	Rated “low” in our summary
Peer-review validation	10 / 10	Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal.
How recent	4 / 5	2025 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here
Sample size	0 / 4	Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Effect reported	2 / 3	Effect reported as a number, without an interval or test
Studied in people	0 / 3	Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Randomized / blinded	0 / 2	No randomization or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Times cited	2 / 7	Cited 10 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10)
Citations per year	2 / 5	3.3 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025
Impact for its field and year	4 / 6	Cited 8.5× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI)
Cited by studies here	1 / 6	Cited by 1 other studies in this library
Still being cited	1 / 4	Cited 10 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex)
Senior author's track record	3 / 4	Last-listed author Chung‐Yi Li: h-index 59 (OpenAlex, whole career)
Institution's track record	0 / 3	National Cheng Kung University: institution h-index 481 (OpenAlex)
Multicenter collaboration	1 / 3	OpenAlex lists 3 institution(s) in 1 country
Indexed in PubMed	2 / 2	Indexed in PubMed (PMID 39944417)
Free to read	2 / 2	Free to read
Total	42 / 100	—

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