Intensity of end-of-life care among children with life-threatening conditions: a national population-based observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children with life-threatening conditions frequently experience high intensity care at the end of life, though most of this research only focused on children with cancer. Some research suggests inequities in care provided based on age, disease type, socioeconomic status, and distance that the child lives from a tertiary hospital. We examined: 1) the prevalence of indicators of high intensity end-of-life care (e.g., hospital stays, intensive care unit [ICU] stays, death in ICU, use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation [CPR], use of mechanical ventilation) and 2) the association between demographic and diagnostic factors and each indicator for children with any life-threatening condition in Canada.

Methods

We conducted a population-based retrospective cohort study using

SUBMITTER: Widger K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10364373 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature