• British journal of cancer · Nov 2015

    Comparative Study

    International study of the place of death of people with cancer: a population-level comparison of 14 countries across 4 continents using death certificate data.

    • J Cohen, L Pivodic, G Miccinesi, B D Onwuteaka-Philipsen, W A Naylor, D M Wilson, M Loucka, A Csikos, K Pardon, L Van den Block, M Ruiz-Ramos, M Cardenas-Turanzas, Y Rhee, R Aubry, K Hunt, J Teno, D Houttekier, and L Deliens.
    • Department of Family Medicine & Chronic Care, End-of-Life Care Research Group, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) & Ghent University, Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium.
    • Br. J. Cancer. 2015 Nov 3; 113 (9): 1397-404.

    BackgroundWhere people die can influence a number of indicators of the quality of dying. We aimed to describe the place of death of people with cancer and its associations with clinical, socio-demographic and healthcare supply characteristics in 14 countries.MethodsCross-sectional study using death certificate data for all deaths from cancer (ICD-10 codes C00-C97) in 2008 in Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, England, France, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, Spain (2010), USA (2007) and Wales (N=1,355,910). Multivariable logistic regression analyses evaluated factors associated with home death within countries and differences across countries.ResultsBetween 12% (South Korea) and 57% (Mexico) of cancer deaths occurred at home; between 26% (Netherlands, New Zealand) and 87% (South Korea) occurred in hospital. The large between-country differences in home or hospital deaths were partly explained by differences in availability of hospital- and long-term care beds and general practitioners. Haematologic rather than solid cancer (odds ratios (ORs) 1.29-3.17) and being married rather than divorced (ORs 1.17-2.54) were most consistently associated with home death across countries.ConclusionsA large country variation in the place of death can partly be explained by countries' healthcare resources. Country-specific choices regarding the organisation of end-of-life cancer care likely explain an additional part. These findings indicate the further challenge to evaluate how different specific policies can influence place of death patterns.

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