Add to ORKGBackground: Some patients who receive hospice home care still end up dying in hospital. The significance of the variables possibly affecting the place of death in patients with terminal cancer who received hospice home care was examined. Methods: Retrospective study. Results: Four hundred and thirty-nine patients were enrolled in this study. In all, 60.8 % of the patients died at home and 39.2 % of the patients died in hospital. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that preferred place of death was the prior factor associated with home death, followed by average days of rehospitalization, education level, distance between home and hospital, and age. Conclusions: For a better hospice care service, it is essential to inquire patient...
Introduction: Studies on the end of life have shown that patients with advanced cancer prefer to die...
[[abstract]]Awareness of factors affecting the place of death could improve communication between he...
Background: Discrepancy between preferred and actual place of death is common in cancer patients. Wh...
Background: Some patients who receive hospice home care still end up dying in hospital. The signific...
Abstract: Although the place of death of patients with terminal cancer is influenced by multiple fac...
There is a worldwide common preference for dying at home. However, death at home does not come witho...
There is a worldwide common preference for dying at home. However, death at home does not come witho...
[[abstract]]CONTEXT: The discrepancy between patients' preferred and actual place of death highlight...
[[abstract]]BACKGROUND: Enabling people to die in their preferred place is important for providing h...
GOALS OF WORK: This study examined cancer patient and family member preferences-and the reasons for ...
Background: Hospice care has been part of the Taiwan health-care system for 20 years. Detailed infor...
Discrepancy between preferred and actual place of death is common in cancer patients. While previous...
Understanding the preferred place of death may assist to organize and deliver palliative health care...
Background: Previous studies on factors influencing the place of death have focused on cancer patien...
BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE WORK: Place of death and disenrollment from specialized palliative care se...
Introduction: Studies on the end of life have shown that patients with advanced cancer prefer to die...
[[abstract]]Awareness of factors affecting the place of death could improve communication between he...
Background: Discrepancy between preferred and actual place of death is common in cancer patients. Wh...
Background: Some patients who receive hospice home care still end up dying in hospital. The signific...
Abstract: Although the place of death of patients with terminal cancer is influenced by multiple fac...
There is a worldwide common preference for dying at home. However, death at home does not come witho...
There is a worldwide common preference for dying at home. However, death at home does not come witho...
[[abstract]]CONTEXT: The discrepancy between patients' preferred and actual place of death highlight...
[[abstract]]BACKGROUND: Enabling people to die in their preferred place is important for providing h...
GOALS OF WORK: This study examined cancer patient and family member preferences-and the reasons for ...
Background: Hospice care has been part of the Taiwan health-care system for 20 years. Detailed infor...
Discrepancy between preferred and actual place of death is common in cancer patients. While previous...
Understanding the preferred place of death may assist to organize and deliver palliative health care...
Background: Previous studies on factors influencing the place of death have focused on cancer patien...
BACKGROUND AND AIM OF THE WORK: Place of death and disenrollment from specialized palliative care se...
Introduction: Studies on the end of life have shown that patients with advanced cancer prefer to die...
[[abstract]]Awareness of factors affecting the place of death could improve communication between he...
Background: Discrepancy between preferred and actual place of death is common in cancer patients. Wh...