October 2, 2025BMJ OpenOpen Access

Occurrence of advance care planning for persons with dementia, cancer and other chronic-progressive diseases in general practice: longitudinal analysis of data from health records linked with administrative data

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Persons with organ failure had the lowest rate of advance care planning conversations, indicating urgent need for attention.
Individuals with cancer had the highest rate of advance care planning (IRR 1.75), suggesting better communication in this group.
Longitudinal study linked health records of over 199,000 community-dwelling individuals with chronic-progressive diseases to analyze data.
Policy initiatives are needed to support general practitioners in prioritizing advance care planning for vulnerable patient groups.

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Longitudinal analysis of advance care planning rates in patients with dementia, cancer, and other chronic diseases, indicating significant variability.

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Hommel et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68de68f183cbc991d0a21833 https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097655

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Longitudinal analysis of advance care planning rates in patients with dementia, cancer, and other chronic diseases, indicating significant variability.

Occurrence of advance care planning for persons with dementia, cancer and other chronic-progressive diseases in general practice: longitudinal analysis of data from health records linked with administrative data

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Occurrence of advance care planning for persons with dementia, cancer and other chronic-progressive diseases in general practice: longitudinal analysis of data from health records linked with administrative data

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Cite This Study

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