Temporal Change in the Use of Laboratory and Imaging Tests in One Week Before Death, 2006-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To analyze the trends in laboratory and imaging test use 1 week before death among decedents who died in Korean hospitals, tests used per decedents from 2006 to 2015 were examined by using the National Health Insurance Service-Elderly Sample Cohort (NHIS-ESC) dataset.

Methods

The study population consisted of decedents aged ≥ 60 years old with a history of admission and death at a hospital, and tests recorded in the payment claims for laboratory and imaging tests according to the Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System codes were examined. Twenty-eight laboratory and 6 imaging tests were selected. For each year, crude rates of test use per decedents in each age and sex stratum were calculated. Regression analysis was used to examine the temporal changes in the t

SUBMITTER: Kim HA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10042726 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature