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ArticlePalliative medicine2023

Hospital-service use in the last year of life by patients aged ⩾60 years who died of heart failure or cardiomyopathy: A retrospective linked data study.

Gursharan K Singh, Alison P Bowers, Caleb Ferguson, Serra E Ivynian, Shirley Chambers, Patricia M Davidson, Louise D Hickman

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Gursharan K SinghCentre for Healthcare Transformation, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-1945-7556
Alison P BowersCentre for Healthcare Transformation, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9870-0931
Caleb FergusonUniversity of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
Serra E IvynianIMPACCT, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Shirley ChambersCentre for Healthcare Transformation, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Patricia M DavidsonUniversity of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
Louise D HickmanUniversity of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, Australia.

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Abstract

backgroundUnderstanding patterns of health care use in the last year of life is critical in health services planning.

aimTo describe hospital-based service and palliative care use in hospital in the year preceding death for patients who died of heart failure or cardiomyopathy in Queensland from 2008 to 2018 and had at least one hospitalisation in the year preceding death.

designA retrospective data linkage study was conducted using administrative health data relating to hospitalisations, emergency department visits and deaths. PARTICIPANTS AND

settingParticipants included were those aged ⩾60 years, had a hospitalisation in their last year of life and died of heart failure or cardiomyopathy in Queensland, Australia.

resultsOf the 4697 participants, there were 25,583 hospital admissions. Three quarters (

conclusionIn this study, patients who died of heart failure or cardiomyopathy were predominantly aged ⩾80 years and over half died in hospital. These patients experienced repeat acute hospitalisations in the year preceding death. Improving timely access to palliative care services in the outpatient or community setting is needed for patients with heart failure.

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CardiomyopathiesHeart FailureTerminal CareAgedEmergency Service, HospitalHospitalizationHospitalsHumansPalliative CareRetrospective StudiesSemantic Webend-of-life careHeart failurehospitalisationhospitalspalliative care

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