Associations between dementia diagnosis and end-of-life care utilization.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Dementia is a leading cause of death for older adults and is more common among persons from racial/ethnic minoritized groups, who also tend to experience more intensive end-of-life care. This retrospective cohort study compared end-of-life care in persons with and without dementia and identified dementia's moderating effects on the relationship between race/ethnicity and end-of-life care.

Methods

Administrative claims data for 463,590 Medicare fee-for-service decedents from 2016 to 2018 were analyzed. Multivariable logistic and linear regression analyses examined the association of dementia with 5 intensive and 2 quality of life-focused measures. Intensity measures included hospital admission, ICU admission, receipt of any of 5 intensive procedures (CPR, mechanica

SUBMITTER: Luth EA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9588556 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature