End-of-life healthcare utilization and costs according to cause of death: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Context

Aging individuals are more likely to experience multiple health issues, resulting in increased and complex healthcare needs, particularly at the end-of-life (EoL). While several studies have shown that healthcare costs rose substantially during the final year and months of life, there is limited research on the EoL utilization and cost in Quebec, specifically using population-based data that span multiple healthcare settings and different causes of death.

Objective

To examine healthcare and social care utilization and cost during the last year of life of people who died in Quebec at the age of 66 and over, according to their cause of death.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective quantitative longitudinal study to analyze individuals' healthcare utilization and c

SUBMITTER: Bosson-Rieutort D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12829086 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature