The Association of Community-Based Palliative Care With Reduced Emergency Department Visits in the Last Year of Life Varies by Patient Factors
Study objective: Palliative care has been shown to reduce end-of-life emergency department (ED) use. Our objective was to determine how the association of community-based palliative care with reduced ED visits in the last year of life varied by patient factors. Methods: This was a retrospective coho...
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| author | Spilsbury, Katrina Rosenwax, Lorna Arendts, G. Semmens, James |
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| description | Study objective: Palliative care has been shown to reduce end-of-life emergency department (ED) use. Our objective was to determine how the association of community-based palliative care with reduced ED visits in the last year of life varied by patient factors. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of 11,875 decedents who died with neoplasms, heart failure, renal failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or liver failure in Western Australia in 2009 to 2010. Outcome measures were adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and daily (hazard) rates of ED visits. Results: The adjusted average rate of ED visits for the cohort was reduced 50% (HR 0.50; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.47 to 0.53) during periods of receipt of community-based palliative care. This relative reduction in ED visits varied by patient factors, ranging from 43% (HR 0.57; 95% CI 0.45 to 0.74) for decedents aged 60 years and younger up to 71% (HR 0.29; 95% CI 0.18 to 0.46) for people aged 90 years and older. Decedents living in the most disadvantaged areas had a 44% (HR 0.56; 95% CI 0.44 to 0.72) reduction in ED visits when receiving community-based palliative care compared with a 60% (HR 0.40; 95% CI 0.31 to 0.53) reduction for decedents who lived in the least disadvantaged areas and received this care. The ED visit rates while patients were receiving palliative care also varied by ED visit history, partner status, and region of residence. Conclusion: Receipt of community-based palliative care in the last year of life was associated with a reduced rate of ED visits. The magnitude of this association was modified by patient health, as well as social and demographic factors. © 2016 American College of Emergency Physicians. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-509992018-02-05T23:50:51Z The Association of Community-Based Palliative Care With Reduced Emergency Department Visits in the Last Year of Life Varies by Patient Factors Spilsbury, Katrina Rosenwax, Lorna Arendts, G. Semmens, James Study objective: Palliative care has been shown to reduce end-of-life emergency department (ED) use. Our objective was to determine how the association of community-based palliative care with reduced ED visits in the last year of life varied by patient factors. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study of 11,875 decedents who died with neoplasms, heart failure, renal failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or liver failure in Western Australia in 2009 to 2010. Outcome measures were adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) and daily (hazard) rates of ED visits. Results: The adjusted average rate of ED visits for the cohort was reduced 50% (HR 0.50; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.47 to 0.53) during periods of receipt of community-based palliative care. This relative reduction in ED visits varied by patient factors, ranging from 43% (HR 0.57; 95% CI 0.45 to 0.74) for decedents aged 60 years and younger up to 71% (HR 0.29; 95% CI 0.18 to 0.46) for people aged 90 years and older. Decedents living in the most disadvantaged areas had a 44% (HR 0.56; 95% CI 0.44 to 0.72) reduction in ED visits when receiving community-based palliative care compared with a 60% (HR 0.40; 95% CI 0.31 to 0.53) reduction for decedents who lived in the least disadvantaged areas and received this care. The ED visit rates while patients were receiving palliative care also varied by ED visit history, partner status, and region of residence. Conclusion: Receipt of community-based palliative care in the last year of life was associated with a reduced rate of ED visits. The magnitude of this association was modified by patient health, as well as social and demographic factors. © 2016 American College of Emergency Physicians. 2016 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50999 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2016.11.036 Mosby fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Spilsbury, Katrina Rosenwax, Lorna Arendts, G. Semmens, James The Association of Community-Based Palliative Care With Reduced Emergency Department Visits in the Last Year of Life Varies by Patient Factors |
| title | The Association of Community-Based Palliative Care With Reduced Emergency Department Visits in the Last Year of Life Varies by Patient Factors |
| title_full | The Association of Community-Based Palliative Care With Reduced Emergency Department Visits in the Last Year of Life Varies by Patient Factors |
| title_fullStr | The Association of Community-Based Palliative Care With Reduced Emergency Department Visits in the Last Year of Life Varies by Patient Factors |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Association of Community-Based Palliative Care With Reduced Emergency Department Visits in the Last Year of Life Varies by Patient Factors |
| title_short | The Association of Community-Based Palliative Care With Reduced Emergency Department Visits in the Last Year of Life Varies by Patient Factors |
| title_sort | association of community-based palliative care with reduced emergency department visits in the last year of life varies by patient factors |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/50999 |