Prevalence of diabetes mellitus at the end of life: An investigation using individually linked cause-of-death and medical register data

摘要

Aims: Although diabetes mellitus at the end of life is associated with complex care, its endof-life prevalence is uncertain. Our aim is to estimate diabetes prevalence in the end-of-life population, to evaluate which medical register has the largest added value to cause-ofdeath data in detecting diabetes cases, and to assess the extent to which reporting of diabetes as a cause of death is associated with disease severity.