Trends in the use and costs of round-the-clock long-term care in the last two years of life among old people between 2002 and 2013 in Finland.

Use of LTC in the last two years of life increased, which was explained by the postponement of death to increasingly old age. Costs of LTC decreased as sheltered housing replaced institutional LTC. However, an accurate comparison of costs of different types of LTC is difficult, and the societal costs of sheltered housing are not well known.