Mortality in long-term care residents: retrospective national cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Mortality trends among people living in long-term care settings have been poorly understood. Linking data offers the potential to provide real-world, long-term national follow-up. Our aim was to describe patterns and associations with mortality among people moving-in to care homes in Scotland.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was undertaken using routinely collected national social care data from the Scottish Care Home Census. These data were indexed and linked to national health data and mortality records for individuals moving- in to care homes in Scotland between 1 April 2013 and 31 March 2016. Location of death, underlying causes and time to death are reported. Survival analysis was undertaken using the Gompertz model for human mortality adjusted for key v

SUBMITTER: MacRae J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12772553 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature