Changes in Place of Death of Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Study from an Aging Country.

Autor:	Ceylan S; Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey., Guner Oytun M; Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey., Okyar Bas A; Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey., Kahyaoglu Z; Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey., Ayaz CM; Department of Infectious Disease and Clinical Microbiology, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey., Balci C; Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey., Dogu BB; Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey., Cankurtaran M; Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey., Halil MG; Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Omega [Omega (Westport)] 2023 Jan 30, pp. 302228231154361. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jan 30.
DOI:	10.1177/00302228231154361
Abstrakt:	In the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the difficulties in patients' applications to health centres, changes have occurred in the places of death of older adults. It is aimed to investigate the change in the places of death of older adults in Turkey, which is one of the countries most affected by the pandemic. Patients admitted to the geriatric outpatient clinic of a university hospital from 01.01.2013 to 29.02.2020 were included. Place and date of death were recorded as hospital or out-of-hospital death. According to results, while the median age of those who died during the pandemic was higher than before ( p < 0.001) and during the pandemic, the hospital mortality ratio was higher than before. During the pandemic period, the hospital mortality ratio of older adults has increased in Turkey. This situation, which has occurred despite the increasing healthcare burden, can show the importance of the measures taken and robust health infrastructure. Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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