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Henry Yu-Hin Siu1, Shuaib Hafid1, David Kirkwood2
1Department of Family Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Objectives:
The PoET (Prevention of Error-based Transfers) project seeks to align long-term care (LTC) home informed consent practices to existing legislation, thereby reducing consent-related error-based transfers to acute care. We sought to measure changes in resident-level palliative care provision after participating in the PoET Southwest Spread Project (PSSP), and to identify patient and LTC home characteristics associated with palliative care provision.
Design:
Quasi-experimental matched (1:1 ratio) cohort study design using linked population-based health administrative data.
Setting:
Sixty LTC homes (PSSP = 30; Control = 30) in Ontario, Canada, from November 2019 to December 2021.
Methods:
We matched 30 PSSP to 30 control homes and described incidence rates for resident-level palliative care provision (ie, physician palliative care encounters and palliative medication prescriptions) during the 7-month postimplementation period. We used generalized linear mixed models to evaluate the association between PSSP implementation and palliative care provision during the postimplementation period. We adjusted for resident-level characteristics (ie, age, sex, comorbidity status) and home-level characteristics (ie, rurality status, profit model, COVID-19 impact). We identified a decedent subcohort to measure palliative care provision patterns during the last 2 months of life.
Results:
We captured a matched cohort of 8894 residents (PSSP = 4103; Control = 4791). Incidence rates of palliative care encounters increased during the postimplementation period for PSSP (82.6 to 85.4 per 100 person-months) but not for control residents (68.8 to 65.3 per 100 person-months). After adjusting for key covariates, PSSP exposure was associated increased palliative care provision (incidence rate ratio 2.47, 95% CI 2.31-2.64) and palliative care medication prescription (1.16, 95% CI 1.12-1.20). Larger home size, certain health regions, and higher number of comorbidities were associated with increased physician palliative care encounters.
Conclusions And Implications:
By promoting correct informed consent practices in LTC, PSSP participation increased palliative care provision for PSSP LTC residents across all settings.
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