Palliative care consultation in the last week of life and associated factors: a cross-sectional general population study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knowledge of access to palliative care services, such as palliative care consultation teams, is crucial to identify areas of improvement for policy and practice. Research on general populations spanning all disease groups and multiple healthcare contexts is needed.

Objective

The objective was to investigate the sociodemographic, disease- and care-related, and care structure-related factors associated with palliative care consultations for adult patients in the last week of life.

Design

Cross-sectional, general population-level study based on linked Swedish national public authority registers and a national palliative care quality register.

Methods

The study population included all adult patients deceased in Sweden between 2013 and 2019 and registered

SUBMITTER: Boling S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11549695 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature