Receiving the home care service offered by certified care workers prior to a patients' death and the probability of a home death: observational research using an instrumental variable method from Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the association between receiving the certified care workers' home care service, which is provided by non-medical professionals prior to a patients' death and the probability of a home death.

Design

Observational research using the full-time translated number of certified care workers providing home care service per member of the population aged 65 or above, during the year prior to patient's death per municipality as an instrumental variable.

Setting

The certified care workers' home care service covered by the public long-term care insurance (LTCI) system in Japan.

Participants

In total, 1 613 391 LTCI beneficiaries aged 65 or above who passed away, except by an external cause of death, between January 2010 and December 2013 were included

SUBMITTER: Abe K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6719756 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature