Association Between Immigrant Status and End-of-Life Care in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

People who immigrate face unique health literacy, communication, and system navigation challenges, and they may have diverse preferences that influence end-of-life care.

Objective

To examine end-of-life care provided to immigrants to Canada in the last 6 months of their life.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cohort study (April 1, 2004, to March 31, 2015) included 967 013 decedents in Ontario, Canada, using validated linkages between health and immigration databases to identify immigrant (since 1985) and long-standing resident cohorts.

Exposures

All decedents who immigrated to Canada between 1985 and 2015 were classified as recent immigrants, with subgroup analyses assessing the association of time since immigration, and region

SUBMITTER: Yarnell CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5710367 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature