The study, published Feb. 22 in JAMA Network, followed more than 146,000 older adults with metastatic cancer. It found 64 percent of nursing home residents had aggressive end-of-life care, compared with 58 percent of community-dwelling older adults.
The higher prevalence of aggressive end-of-live care was associated with more than one hospital admission in the last 30 days of life and in-hospital death, according to the study.
