Differences in Health Care and Palliative Care Utilization at the End of Life

CHEST December 2024, Volume 166, Issue 6

Angela O. Suen, MD, joins CHEST® Journal Podcast Moderator Gretchen Winter, MD, to discuss her research comparing health care and palliative care use by patients with COPD, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, and lung cancer at the end of life.

DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2024.08.018

 

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