Implications for research and practice
peptic, pain
ADVANCED CANCER
The findings identify areas of treatment for outpatients with advanced cancer and pain requiring further exploration and practice change, particularly the high use of peptic ulcer/GORD drugs, lipid modifying agents and corticosteroids. Further research is needed to determine why healthcare costs were higher in men than women with advanced cancer and experiencing pain and to explore both sex and gender-based differences and provider related factors.Health economic research which includes costs related to emergency department and hospital admissions is needed. The authors recommend that future research evaluating interventions to improve pain outcomes include a health economic analysis. Also, the cost effectiveness of many evidence-based non-pharmacological interventions needs further research.