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Age, costs of acute and long-term care and proximity to death
— evidence for 1987-88 and 1994-95 in British Columbia | | Author(s) | Kimberlyn McGrail, Bo Green, Morris L Barer |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 29, no 3, May 2000 |
| Pages | pp 249-254 |
| Keywords | Age groups [elderly] ; Hospital services ; Services ; Terminal care ; Costs [care] ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Decedents in age groups 65, 75-76, 85-87, and 90-95 in 1987-88 and 1994-95 in British Columbia, Canada were compared with all survivors in the same age groups. Health and social care were measured for each individual using British Columbia linked data, and costs of care assessed by multiplying the numbers of services by the unit cost of each service. Costs of hospital care rise with age, but proximity to death is a more important determinant of cost. The additional costs of dying fall with age. In contrast, costs of nursing and social care rise with age, but additional costs for those who are dying increase with age. Similar patterns were found for the two cohorts. Age is therefore less important than proximity to death as a predictor of cases. However, the pattern of social and nursing care costs is different from that for acute medical care. In planning services, it is important to take into account the relatively larger impact of ageing on social and nursing care than on acute care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000824230 A |
| Classmark | BB: LD: I: LV: QDC: 7S |
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