Document is current
Any future updates will be listed below
-
Authors
-
Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Finland State research funding (TYH2024220)
Syöpäsäätiö
Helsinki University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Centre
University of Helsinki
- License Information
-
More Information
Article History
Received: 27 April 2025
Accepted: 7 August 2025
First Online: 14 August 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: For this type of study formal consent is not required.
: The present study is a retrospective register study based on Finnish National Care Registers and Kanta services registry data of deceased patients from year 2019. The study was performed with the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) as part of the Project on Quality Information on Palliative Care and End-of-life Care. The study was approved by THL Dnr: 12345556. According to the Finnish legislation for research, no separate ethics committee approval was needed, as data used in the study consisted of deceased patients. All data was anonymized before its use. We confirm that all procedures were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable, data included only deceased patients.
