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dc.contributor.authorKaambwa, B.
dc.contributor.authorRatcliffe, J.
dc.contributor.authorBradley, S.L.
dc.contributor.authorMasters, Stacey
dc.contributor.authorDavies, O.
dc.contributor.authorWhitehead, C.
dc.contributor.authorMilte, C.
dc.contributor.authorCameron, I.D.
dc.contributor.authorYoung, T.
dc.contributor.authorGordon, J.
dc.contributor.authorCrotty, M.
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-13T14:23:46Z
dc.date.available2020-02-13T14:23:46Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationKaambwa, B. and Ratcliffe, J. and Bradley, S.L. and Masters, S. and Davies, O. and Whitehead, C. and Milte, C. et al. 2015. Costs and advance directives at the end of life: A case of the 'Coaching Older Adults and Carers to have their preferences Heard (COACH)' trial. BMC Health Services Research. 15 (1): ARTN 545.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/77925
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/s12913-015-1201-9
dc.description.abstract

Background: Total costs associated with care for older people nearing the end of life and the cost variations related with end of life care decisions are not well documented in the literature. Healthcare utilisation and associated health care costs for a group of older Australians who entered Transition Care following an acute hospital admission were calculated. Costs were differentiated according to a number of health care decisions and outcomes including advance directives (ADs). Methods: Study participants were drawn from the Coaching Older Adults and Carers to have their preferences Heard (COACH) trial funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council. Data collected included total health care costs, the type of (and when) ADs were completed and the place of death. Two-step endogenous treatment-regression models were employed to test the relationship between costs and a number of variables including completion of ADs. Results: The trial recruited 230 older adults with mean age 84 years. At the end of the trial, 53 had died and 80 had completed ADs. Total healthcare costs were higher for younger participants and those who had died. No statistically significant association was found between costs and completion of ADs. Conclusion: For our frail study population, the completion of ADs did not have an effect on health care utilisation and costs. Further research is needed to substantiate these findings in larger and more diverse clinical cohorts of older people. Trial registration: This study was registered on 13/12/2007 with the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry (ACTRN12607000638437).

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherBMC
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectHealth Care Sciences & Services
dc.subjectEnd of life
dc.subjectAdvance directives
dc.subjectCare plans
dc.subjectCosts
dc.subjectILL HOSPITALIZED-PATIENTS
dc.subjectNURSING-HOME RESIDENTS
dc.subjectOF-LIFE
dc.subjectHEALTH-CARE
dc.subjectLAST YEAR
dc.subjectDECISION-MAKING
dc.subjectSOUTH-AUSTRALIA
dc.subjectRISK-FACTORS
dc.subjectAGED CARE
dc.subjectFALLS
dc.titleCosts and advance directives at the end of life: A case of the 'Coaching Older Adults and Carers to have their preferences Heard (COACH)' trial
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume15
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.issn1472-6963
dcterms.source.titleBMC Health Services Research
dc.date.updated2020-02-13T14:23:43Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Health Sciences
curtin.contributor.orcidMasters, Stacey [0000-0002-6733-6962]
curtin.contributor.researcheridMasters, Stacey [Q-4688-2019]
curtin.identifier.article-numberARTN 545
dcterms.source.eissn1472-6963
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridMasters, Stacey [24076851100]


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