Changes in older people's care profiles during the last 2 years of life, 1996-1998 and 2011-2013: a retrospective nationwide study in Finland.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:The time of death is increasingly postponed to a very high age. How this change affects the use of care services at the population level is unknown. This study analyses the care profiles of older people during their last 2 years of life, and investigates how these profiles differ for the study years 1996-1998 and 2011-2013. DESIGN:Retrospective cross-sectional nationwide data drawn from the Care Register for Health Care, the Care Register for Social Care and the Causes of Death Register. The data included the use of hospital and long-term care services during the last 2 years of life for all those who died in 1998 and in 2013 at the age of ≥70 years in Finland. METHODS:We constructed four care profiles using two criteria: (1) number of days in round-the-clock care (vs at home) i

SUBMITTER: Aaltonen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5719301 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature