Use of health services in the last year of life and cause of death in people with intellectual disability: a retrospective matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:To describe the cause of death together with emergency department presentations and hospital admissions in the last year of life of people with intellectual disability. METHOD:A retrospective matched cohort study using de-identified linked data of people aged 20 years or over, with and without intellectual disability who died during 2009 to 2013 in Western Australia. Emergency department presentations and hospital admissions in the last year of life of people with intellectual disability are described along with cause of death. RESULTS:Of the 63 508 deaths in Western Australia from 2009 to 2013, there were 591 (0.93%) decedents with a history of intellectual disability. Decedents with intellectual disability tended to be younger, lived in areas of more social disadvantage, did no

SUBMITTER: Brameld K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855242 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature