Advance directives in Finnish long-term care: Do sociodemographic characteristics and regional factors matter?
Sociodemographic characteristics and regional factors influence whether Finnish long-term care residents have advance directives, regardless of their health status. This may result in unequal care and service use despite similar clinical conditions.
Authors
- Harriet Finne‐Soveri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8836-1860)
- Mari Aaltonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6620-4968)
- Esa Jämsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8218-7432)
- Pirita Forsius
Institutions
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- Tampere University (FI)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
- Published
- 2025-07-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948251356016
- Primary Topic
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00