Dementia as a predictor of palliative care: Uncovering patient patterns based on German claims data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Palliative care aims to ensure a dignified and self-determined life for people facing the end of life. While palliative care is established for tumor diseases, it's notably absent from German medical guidelines for other progressive diseases with an unfavorable prognosis such as dementia. This study will identify predictors of palliative care use in older patients and explore how these predictors relate to the probability of palliative care.

Methods

We used data from the largest German health insurance company of people over 50 years of age from the period 2014-2019. The analysis focused on the last year of life. Outcomes were outpatient and inpatient palliative care and predictors were demographics, comorbidities, therapeutic remedies and rehabilitation, care and

SUBMITTER: Rakusa E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11834269 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature