Death at no cost? Persons with no health insurance claims in the last year of life in Switzerland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lack of health insurance claims (HIC) in the last year of life might indicate suboptimal end-of-life care, but reasons for no HIC are not fully understood because information on causes of death is often missing. We investigated association of no HIC with characteristics of individuals and their place of residence.

Methods

We analysed HIC of persons who died between 2008 and 2010, which were obtained from six providers of mandatory Swiss health insurance. We probabilistically linked these persons to death certificates to get cause of death information and analysed data using sex-stratified, multivariable logistic regression. Supplementary analyses looked at selected subgroups of persons according to the primary cause of death.

Results

The study population in

SUBMITTER: Panczak R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5853076 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature