Abstract
Objectives
To analyze the association of an incentivization program to promote death outside
of hospitals with changes in place of death.
Design
A longitudinal observational study using national databases.
Setting and Participants
Participants comprised Japanese decedents (≥65 years) who had used long-term care
insurance services and died between April 2007 and March 2014.
Methods
Using a database of Japanese long-term care insurance service claims, subjects were
divided into community-dwelling and residential aged care (RAC) facility groups. Based
on national death records, change in place of death after the Japanese government
initiated incentivization program was observed using logistic regression.
Results
Hospital deaths decreased by 8.7% over time, mainly due to an increase in RAC facility
deaths. The incentivization program was more associated with decreased in-hospital
deaths for older adults in RAC facilities than community-dwelling older adults.
Conclusions and Implications
In Japan, the proportion of in-hospital deaths of frail older adults decreased since
the health services system introduced the incentivization program for end-of-life
care outside of hospitals. The shift of place of death from hospitals to different
locations was more prominent among residents of RAC facilities, where informal care
from laymen was required less, than among community residents.
Keywords
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Published online: November 04, 2020
Footnotes
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
This study was supported by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Japan (grant numbers JP18dk0110026). The funders had no role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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