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April 2026

[Journal article] Home ventilation patients: associations of having advance care plans with end-of-life healthcare utilisation

13 Apr 2026

Authors: Michelle Jessica Pereira, Pann Pei Chieh, Joseph Antonio D Molina, Tao Sun, Adrian Kok Heng Tan, Yeow Chan, Woan Shin Tan

Published in: J Thorac Dis. Published online: 28 Aug 2025. DOI: 10.21037/jtd-2024-2057

Summary points:

  1. Forty-four percent of decedent patients enrolled in a home ventilation service had completed an advance care plan (ACP) in their lifetime.
  2. Among decedent home ventilation patients who had completed an ACP, 44.2% of these plans were completed more than 1 year prior-to-death, and 78.9% were completed after enrollment with a homecare service.
  3. Decedent home ventilation patients with an ACP consumed <55% in cumulative length of stay in an acute hospital (AH) in the final 90 days of life, compared to those without an ACP.

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