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Palliative Care for Advanced Cancer in Medicare Advantage and Physician Networks
Xin Hu
Chang-Chuan Jiang
Youngmin Kwon
Qin-Jin Fan
K. Shi
Zhi-Yuan Zheng
Jing-Xuan Zhao
C. E. Pollack
Amanda L. Blackford
Joan L. Warren
Xue-Song Han
K. R. Yabroff
Medicine
Abstract
This cohort study compares receipt of palliative care, systemic therapy, and hospice enrollment between Medicare Advantage and traditional Medicare beneficiaries with advanced cancer and explores whether differences are associated with oncology network composition.