Factors associated with acute care use among nursing home residents dying of cancer: a population-based study

BACKGROUND: Little is known about residents of long-term care (LTC) facilities who die of cancer. The authors examined factors among this cohort prognostic of greater acute care use to identify areas for improving support in LTC. METHODS: The authors used administrative data representing all cancer decedents in Ontario, Canada, who had been living in LTC. Binary logistic regression was used to examine the contribution of covariates to having an …