Posts by Daniel Lage, MD, MSc
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Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Cancer Likely to Receive Acute Care Near the End of Life
Despite substantial comorbidities and functional impairment, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center researchers report that more than a third of nursing home residents with poor-prognosis cancer experience potentially burdensome transfers between care settings toward the end of life.
Biography
Daniel Lage is a fellow in hematology/oncology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He completed undergraduate studies at Harvard College, graduate study in policy and management at the University of Oxford, and received his MD from Harvard Medical School. He is interested in using patient-centered outcomes and health services research methods to improve the quality of care received by older patients with advanced cancer, and is particularly focused on improving transitions of care post-hospital discharge and studying post-acute care and hospice use.
Mass General Cancer Center
An integral part of one of the world’s most distinguished academic medical centers, the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center is among the leading cancer care providers in the United States.
