Estimating potential palliative care needs for residential aged care: A population-based retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Population-based data on the required needs for palliative care in residential aged care have been highlighted as a key information gap. This study aimed to provide a comprehensive estimate of palliative care needs among Australia's residential aged care population using a validated algorithm based on causes of death.

Methods

A population-based retrospective cohort study was conducted using data from the Registry of Senior Australians of non-Indigenous residents of residential aged care services in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia aged older than 65 years, who died between 2016 and 2017 (n = 71,677). An internationally validated algorithm was used to estimate and characterise potential palliative care needs based on causes of death. This estimate was

SUBMITTER: Humphrey GB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11671706 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature