Journal of public health medicine
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J Public Health Med · Mar 1999
Do social factors affect where patients die: an analysis of 10 years of cancer deaths in England.
This study investigated whether indices of social deprivation were related to the proportion of cancer patients who died at home. ⋯ There are wide variations in the percentage of cancer deaths at home in different electoral wards. Social factors are inversely correlated with home cancer death, and may explain part of this variation. Home care in deprived areas may be especially difficult to achieve.