Trend Analysis of the Service of Pediatric Palliative Care

• Conditions: Pediatric Population; Palliative Care; Pediatric Cancer; Oncology; Nursing Caries

• Registration Number: NCT03925831
• Lead Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital

Brief Summary

Palliative care has received considerable attention in Taiwan in recent years. The relevant research has been widely conducted for palliative care in adult population. However, the research in children population is relatively insufficient. In the limited studies, most of them are the experiences generated from individual institutions. This study is going to retrieve the data from 2008-2017 National Health Insurance Research Database, Cancer Registry Database, Death Registry Database and other relevant materials in order to analyze the trends of using pediatric palliative care service, the types of services, the timing of initiating palliative care, and the preference of using palliative care service among different life span in the past decade. In addition, the study will examine the differences of the timing of initiating of pediatric palliative care service and the types of diseases among different characteristics of children and healthcare providers. And the study will discuss how pediatric palliative care services affect medical costs.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-04-02
• Study First Submitted: 2019-04-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-04-22
• Study First Posted: 2019-04-24
• Status Verified: 2020-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-08-06
• Last Update Posted: 2020-08-10
• Primary Completion: 2021-04
• Study Completion: 2021-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 5000

Inclusion Criteria

Individuals died from cancer between 2008 and 2017.

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Taiwan Health and Welfare Data	2008-2017	The study will use the National Health Insurance Database, Cancer Registry Database and other relevant materials from Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taiwan to conduct research.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

National Taiwan Universtiy Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan