Access to palliative care by disease trajectory: a population-based cohort of Ontario decedents.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine access to palliative care between different disease trajectories and compare to other geographic areas.

Design

A retrospective population-based decedent cohort study using linked administrative data.

Setting

Ontario, Canada.

Participants

Ontario decedents between 1 April 2010 and 31 December 2012. Patients were categorised into disease trajectories: terminal illness (eg, cancer), organ failure (eg, chronic heart failure), frailty (eg, dementia), sudden death or other.

Interventions

Receipt of palliative care services from institutional and community settings, derived from a validated list of palliative care codes from multiple administrate databases.

Outcome measures

Receiving any palliative care services in the last year of

SUBMITTER: Seow H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5892765 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature