Declining Trends in Hospital Deaths in Denmark from 1980 to 2014

Angela  Carollo; Núria Calduch-Verdiell; Jo Mhairi  Hale; Karen Andersen-Ranberg; Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen; Anna Oksuzyan

Declining Trends in Hospital Deaths in Denmark from 1980 to 2014

Angela Carollo, Núria Calduch-Verdiell, Jo Mhairi Hale, Karen Andersen-Ranberg, Rune Lindahl-Jacobsen, Anna Oksuzyan

Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

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Abstract

Central to planning policies for end-of-life care, and also a key in accommodating individuals’ wishes, is knowing the share of the population dying in different contexts. Many high-income countries have worked toward shifting the place of death from hospital to home or long-term care institutions. However, long-term trends of place of death in Denmark remain unknown.
This study explores trends in hospital deaths at ages 50 and over and individual-level determinants of hospital deaths, using high-quality register data on the total Danish population from 1980 to 2014.

Results provide evidence that older Danes are increasingly dying outside the hospital context. Tendency toward increasing trends of hospital deaths were observed for oldest-old, dying from respiratory diseases, and with terminal hospitalizations lasting 1-3 days. Changes in healthcare and social systems implemented in Denmark during the observation period may underpin the broader reduction in hospital deaths in the country

Original language	English
Publication date	7. Jun 2018
Publication status	Published - 7. Jun 2018
Event	European Population Conference 2018: Population, Diversity and Inequality - Vrije Universiteit, Brussel, Belgium Duration: 6. Jun 2018 → 9. Jun 2018 https://www.epc2018.be/

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Conference	European Population Conference 2018
Location	Vrije Universiteit
Country/Territory	Belgium
City	Brussel
Period	06/06/2018 → 09/06/2018
Internet address	https://www.epc2018.be/

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