Changes in Site of Death Among Older Adults Without a COVID-19 Diagnosis During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic affected site of death-an important patient-centered outcome related to end-of-life care-would inform healthcare system resiliency in future public health emergencies.

Objective

To evaluate the changes in site of death during the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults without a COVID-19 diagnosis.

Design

Using a quasi-experimental difference-in-differences method, we estimated net changes in site of death during the pandemic period (March-December 2020) from the pre-pandemic period (January-February 2020), using data on the same months in prior years (2016-2019) as the control.

Participants

A 20% sample of Medicare Fee-for-Service beneficiaries aged 66 years and older who died in 2016-2

SUBMITTER: Gotanda H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10973311 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature