Association of advance care planning with hospital use and costs at the end of life: a population-based retrospective cohort study
The association between digitally available ACP documents and health service use and cost differed based on the timing of ACP upload, with documents available ≥6 months prior to death being associated with less hospital use and costs.
Authors
- Xanthe Sansome
- Hannah Carter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0046-4126)
- Ian A Scott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7596-0837)
Institutions
- Griffith University (AU)
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Princess Alexandra Hospital (AU)
- Metro South Health (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082766
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17