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Non-cancer patients, despite similar palliative care needs, often face delayed initiation or limited access. This study investigated the proximity of palliative care initiation to death among older adults with different diagnoses and influencing factors.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>This cross-sectional study used Taiwan\u2019s National Health Insurance and Multiple Causes of Death databases (2010\u20132020), including individuals aged \u226565 who received specialist palliative care before death. Multinomial logistic regression analysed the association of cancer status and year of death with the proximity of palliative care initiation to death.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Among 177 403 decedents, 82.41% had cancer and 17.59% non-cancer diagnoses. While median proximity was similar (cancer: 29\u00a0days; non-cancer: 28\u00a0days), non-cancer decedents had significantly higher adjusted odds ratios (aORs) for late palliative care initiation, particularly \u22643\u00a0days (aOR: 1.45, 95% CI: 1.36\u20131.54) and 4\u20137\u00a0days before death (aOR: 1.34, 95% CI: 1.27\u20131.41). Over time, the proportion of decedents who initiated palliative care at least 181\u00a0days before death increased. Those who died in 2020 were significantly more likely to receive earlier palliative care than those who died in 2010 (aOR: 7.64, 95% CI: 5.78\u201310.10).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Despite a trend towards earlier initiation for both groups, non-cancer patients in Taiwan are more likely to have palliative care initiated in the final days of life. Targeted policies are needed to ensure equitable, needs-based palliative care across diagnoses for improved end-of-life outcomes for older adults.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ageing\/afaf163","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,11]],"date-time":"2025-06-11T19:04:24Z","timestamp":1749668664000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Impact of disease type and temporal trends on the proximity of palliative care initiation to death in older adults: a population-based study"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"54","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9363-8219","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yu-Tai","family":"Lo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan City ,","place":["Taiwan"]},{"name":"Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan City ,","place":["Taiwan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-1093-3823","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tzu-Jung","family":"Chuang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan City ,","place":["Taiwan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3224-7238","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yu-Tung","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"National Centre for Geriatrics and Welfare Research, National Health Research Institutes , Yunlin County ,","place":["Taiwan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2747-7015","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yi-Lin","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nursing, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, National Cheng Kung University Hospital , Tainan City ,","place":["Taiwan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1391-8040","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yi-Ching","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan City ,","place":["Taiwan"]},{"name":"Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan City ,","place":["Taiwan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0321-8908","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chung-Yi","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Public Health, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University , Tainan City ,","place":["Taiwan"]},{"name":"Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University , Taichung City ,","place":["Taiwan"]},{"name":"Department of Healthcare Administration, College of Medical and Health Science, Asia University , Taichung City ,","place":["Taiwan"]}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025070304272611500_ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1151","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(17)32152-9","article-title":"GBD 2016 causes of death collaborators. 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