Are Cancer Patients' Socioeconomic and Cultural Factors Associated with Contact to General Practitioners in the Last Phase of Life?

摘要: Introduction. General practitioners (GPs) play an important role in end of life care, which should be offered regardless socioeconomic position and cultural factors. The aim was to analyse associations between GP contacts at the characteristics Danish cancer patients. Method. Population-based study identifying 599 adults who died from March November 2006, Aarhus County, Denmark. Associations health register-based data on "total face-to-face contacts" "GP home visits" during last 90 days patients' were calculated. Results. Having low income (RR: 1.18 (95% CI: 1.03; 1.35)) being immigrants or descendants 1.17 1.02; associated with contacts. However, patients living large municipalities had lower likelihood having both general 0.85 0.77;0.95)) visits 0.89 0.80; 0.99)). Conclusion. This indicates higher proportion economically deprived immigrants/descendants immigrants. These subgroups were, however, small results looked upon caution. Furthermore, palliative needs not included together urban/rural underlying causes need further investigation.