In-facility resident deaths | p-value | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
death-occurring (n = 62) | death-not occurring (n = 52) | |||||
n | % | n | % | |||
Health care input from community | ||||||
Receiving care services from visiting nurse agencies | Have received | 49 | 79.0 | 30 | 57.7 | 0.01* |
Visiting nurse agencies provide EOL care to the residents | Yes | 38 | 61.3 | 11 | 21.2 | <0.01** |
Receiving care services from community hospitals/clinics | Have received | 62 | 100.0 | 52 | 100.0 | – |
Community hospitals or clinics provide EOL care to the residents | Yes | 53 | 85.5 | 18 | 34.6 | <0.01** |
Facility Characteristics | ||||||
Number of years since establishment | Median (IQR) | 3 | (3–4) | 2.5 | (2–4) | <0.01**a |
Presence of day nursing staff | Yes | 17 | 27.4 | 14 | 26.9 | 0.95 |
Presence of night nursing staff | Yes | 1 | 1.6 | 1 | 1.9 | 1.00b |
Confirming residents’ EOL preferences with residents/family members | Yes | 56 | 90.3 | 31 | 59.6 | <0.01** |
Educating staff to support resident deaths | Yes | 29 | 46.8 | 13 | 25.0 | 0.02* |
Residents’ Characteristics | ||||||
Number of residents | Median (IQR) | 37.5 | (24–50) | 20 | (7.5–33) | <0.01**a |
Mean age of the residents (years) | Median (IQR) | 83.6 | (82.3–84.7) | 83.2 | (81.0–84.6) | 0.30a |
Rate of females (%) | Median (IQR) | 67.1 | (59.6–74.4) | 68.8 | (53.8–75.0) | 0.61a |
Rate of residents certified as Care Need Levels 3–5 (%) | Median (IQR) | 24.6 | (15.0–38.8) | 15.4 | (5.8–33.3) | 0.02*a |
Rate of residents who lived in the same municipality as the facility (%) | Median (IQR) | 36.8 | (19.4–58.8) | 49.2 | (33.3–70.4) | 0.02*a |
Regional Characteristics | ||||||
Municipal aging rate (%) | Median (IQR) | 29.3 | (28.5–30.4) | 28.7 | (28.1–30.1) | 0.07a |
Number of hospital beds per 100,000 elderly (aged 60 years or over) | Median (IQR) | 3098.2 | (2045.1–3950.6) | 2674.8 | (2426.3–3275.0) | 0.75a |
Number of clinics per 100,000 elderly people (aged 60 years or over) | Median (IQR) | 228.2 | (204.5–268.4) | 256.8 | (214.8–273.1) | 0.03a |
Number of visiting nurse agencies per 100,000 elderly people | Median (IQR) | 18.5 | (15.8–21.3) | 19.8 | (17.5–24.0) | 0.06a |
Municipal income level (Yen) | Median (IQR) | 3392.9 | (3166.6–3766.2) | 3587.9 | (3281.8–3817.8) | 0.10a |