Geographical and temporal understanding in place of death in England (1984–2010): analysis of trends and associated factors to improve end-of-life care (GUIDE_Care) – primary research

Gao W, Ho YK, Verne J, Gordon E, Higginson IJ
Record ID 32014001394
English
Authors' objectives: (1) To describe PoD in England by demographic, socioeconomic and temporal variables; (2) to determine how much of the variation in PoD can be explained by potential explanatory variables at the area level, and building on this to develop individual-level multivariable regression models; and (3) to evaluate factors associated with PoD and to construct risk assessment models to inform practice.
Authors' recommendations: Hospital remains the most common PoD, followed by home and care home. Hospices play an important role for people who died from cancer but little for other diseases. Place of death is strongly associated with the underlying CoD. The variation in PoD by region, age, marital status and area deprivation suggests that inequities exist, which services and clinical commissioning groups could seek to address.
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2014
URL for published report: http://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hsdr/hsdr02420/#/abstract
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Death
  • Demography
Contact
Organisation Name: NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research programme
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