Use of hospital palliative care according to the place of death and disease one year before death in 2013: a French national observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Only limited data are available concerning the diseases managed before death and hospital palliative care (HPC) use according to place of death in France. We therefore conducted an observational study based on administrative health data in a large population to identify the diseases treated one year before death in 2013, the place of stay with or without hospital palliative care, and the place of death.

Methods

French health insurance general scheme beneficiaries were identified in the National Health data Information System (Snds) with a selection of information. Diseases were identified by algorithms from reimbursement data recorded in the Snds database.

Results

347,253 people were included in this study (61% of all people who died in France). Place of de

SUBMITTER: Poulalhon C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5954461 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature