title: Factors affecting the place of death among hospice home care cancer patients in Taiwan.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  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 patients or their relatives on preferred place of death while concerning the influences of other factors.
authors: 1Department of Family Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors: Lung-Chun
authors: LC
authors: Lee
authors: Chung-Chieh
authors: CC
authors: Hu
authors: El-Wui
authors: el-W
authors: Loh
authors: Sheau-Feng
authors: SF
authors: Hwang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003643:Death; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D057240:Patient Preference; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013624:Taiwan / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: cancer; end of life; home care; home death; palliative care; place of death