Trends in formal care by age and time to death: the use of healthcare and care-home facilities in Finland between 2005 and 2018.

ABSTRACT: Population ageing may further increase formal care use. Strong predictors in addition to age include time to death and the cause of death. The aim of this study is to analyse trends in the use of formal care in Finland by these factors. We analysed patterns of care use among all Finnish residents who died at the age of 65 and older between 2005 and 2018 (263 660 men and 315 439 women), linking different administrative registers. We used multinomial logistic models to examine the time spent in healthcare and care-home facilities, stratifying our analyses by gender and time to death. Between 2005 and 2018, formal care use became increasingly concentrated in the last years of life for all causes of death, and the effect of age slightly diminished. However, in 2017-18, decedents aged 65 in the

SUBMITTER: Dei Bardi L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12199358 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature