Department of Health Management and Health Economics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Oslo Economics AS, Oslo, Norway.
BMJ Open. 2021 Sep 27;11(9):e050564. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-050564.
The objective of this study was to investigate the use of, and predictors for, pharmaceutical anticancer treatment (PACT) towards the end of a patient's life in a country with a public healthcare system.
Retrospective registry study.
Secondary care in Norway.
All Norwegian patients with cancer (International Classification of Diseases tenth revision (ICD-10) codes C00-99, D00-09, D37-48) in contact with a somatic hospital in Norway between 2009 and 2017 (N=420 655). Analyses were performed on a subsample of decedents with follow-back time of more than 1 year (2013-2017, N=52 496).
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Proportion of patients receiving PACT during the last year and month of life. We calculated CIs with block bootstrapping, while predictors of PACT were estimated with logistic regression.
24.0% (95% CI 23.4% to 24.6%) of the patients received PACT during the last year of life and 3.2% (95% CI 3.0% to 3.5%) during their final month. The proportion during the last month was highest for multiple myeloma (12.7%) and breast cancer (6.5%) and lowest for urinary tract (1.1%) and prostate and kidney cancer (1.4%). Patients living in northern (OR 0.80, 95% CI 0.68 to 0.94) and western (OR 0.85, 95% CI 0.75 to 0.96) Norway had lower odds of PACT during the last month, while patients with myeloma (OR 3.0, 95% CI 2.5 to 3.7) and breast (OR 1.4, 95% CI 1.1 to 1.6) had higher odds. Kidney cancer (OR 0.25, 95% CI 0.2. to 0.4), urinary tract (OR 0.38, 95% CI 0.3 to 0.5) and prostate cancer (OR 0.4, 95% CI 0.3 to 0.5) were associated with lower probability of receiving PACT within the last month.
The proportion of patients receiving PACT in Norway is lower than in several other industrialised countries. Age, type of cancer and area of living are significant determinants of variation in PACT.
本研究旨在调查在一个拥有公共医疗体系的国家,患者生命末期使用抗癌药物治疗(PACT)的情况及其影响因素。
回顾性注册研究。
挪威的二级保健机构。
2009 年至 2017 年间与挪威一家综合医院有过接触的所有患有癌症的挪威患者(国际疾病分类第十版(ICD-10)编码 C00-99、D00-09、D37-48)(N=420655)。对随访时间超过 1 年的死亡患者亚组(2013-2017 年,N=52496)进行了分析。
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患者在生命最后一年和最后一个月接受 PACT 的比例。我们使用块 bootstrapping 计算置信区间,同时使用逻辑回归估计 PACT 的预测因素。
24.0%(95%CI 23.4%至 24.6%)的患者在生命的最后一年接受了 PACT,3.2%(95%CI 3.0%至 3.5%)在最后一个月接受了 PACT。多发性骨髓瘤(12.7%)和乳腺癌(6.5%)患者最后一个月的比例最高,而尿路上皮癌(1.1%)和前列腺癌和肾癌(1.4%)患者的比例最低。居住在挪威北部(OR 0.80,95%CI 0.68 至 0.94)和西部(OR 0.85,95%CI 0.75 至 0.96)的患者最后一个月接受 PACT 的可能性较低,而多发性骨髓瘤(OR 3.0,95%CI 2.5 至 3.7)和乳腺癌(OR 1.4,95%CI 1.1 至 1.6)患者的可能性较高。肾癌(OR 0.25,95%CI 0.2. 至 0.4)、尿路上皮癌(OR 0.38,95%CI 0.3 至 0.5)和前列腺癌(OR 0.4,95%CI 0.3 至 0.5)患者最后一个月接受 PACT 的可能性较低。
挪威接受 PACT 的患者比例低于其他几个工业化国家。年龄、癌症类型和居住地区是影响 PACT 差异的重要决定因素。