Louisa Camille Poco

Jun 13, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Louisa Camille Poco |Chetna Malhotra

1 INTRODUCTION Patients with advanced cancer incur high unplanned healthcare use and costs.1-5 Towards the end of life, three out of four cancer patients use unplanned healthcare, imposing substantial economic costs amounting to about £28 million.4 Much of this is potentially preventable.5-7 Informal family caregivers (henceforth referred to as caregivers) manage cancer patients' symptoms at home and make treatment decisions for them,8 thus influencing patients' unplanned healthcare use.

Nov 21, 2023 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Eric Finkelstein |David Sim |Chetna Malhotra |Louisa Camille Poco

Introduction Around 64 million people have been estimated to be living with heart failure (HF) worldwide; these numbers are likely to increase with population ageing.1 HF is a leading cause of hospitalization among older adults, generating an enormous economic burden.2 Overall lifetime healthcare costs among patients with HF are estimated to be US$ 126 819 per patient3; studies showed that these costs are substantially higher among frail patients.4, 5 Frailty is a syndrome characterized by...