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Background
There is growing evidence that palliative care (PC) is associated with increased quality of life in children with cancer. Despite increasing recommendations in support of PC to improve pediatric oncology care, little is known about its patterns of use.
Methods
We analyzed the 2005‐2011 National Inpatient Sample, a representative, cross‐sectional sample of US hospital admissions. Our...
Cancer is the second most common cause of death in children and young people (0–19 years) accounting for 16.2% of deaths in England and Wales in 2005. Only 37.6% children and young people who died from cancer in Yorkshire were referred to Martin House Children's Hospice (MH) during the period 1990–2005. A significantly higher proportion with central nervous system tumours and a significantly lower...
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