title: Facility-Related Factors Influencing the Place of Death and Home Care Rates for End-Stage Cancer Patients.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In Japan, palliative home care is subject to increasing demand from patients. However, the number of deaths at home is still not as high as that of palliative home care users.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study aimed to clarify factors influencing the place of death and home care rates, involving end-stage cancer patients targeted for palliative care by a general home-visit nursing agency.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 87 patients who had used palliative home nursing care services provided by the study facility within a 6-year period after its opening were studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The numbers of deaths at home supported by family physicians and those in hospital after readmission were 70 and 17, respectively. The numbers of deaths at home using services provided by the study facility and nurses belonging to it time-dependently increased, revealing a strong correlation between them. Furthermore, the place of death and home care rates were closely associated with the mean duration of home nursing services and home visits in collaboration with family physicians in charge.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These results suggest that it may be possible to increase the rate of home care for end-stage cancer patients and meet their desires regarding the place of death through approaches to establish trust-based relationships with them and their families, such as strengthening manpower in home-visit nursing agencies and promoting collaboration between visiting nurses and family physicians in charge during home visits.
authors.affiliation: 1 Hibari Home Visit Nursing Agency , Imizu, Japan .
authors.forename: Sakimi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasao
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Medical Oncology, Toyama University Hospital , Toyama, Japan .|3 Drug Informatics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan .
authors.forename: Kouichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Seirei Mikatahara Hospital , Hamamatsu, Japan .
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.affiliation: 5 Takahashi Internal Medicine Clinic , Imizu, Japan .
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Medical Oncology, Toyama University Hospital , Toyama, Japan .
authors.forename: Hatsuna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Medical Oncology, Toyama University Hospital , Toyama, Japan .
authors.forename: Tatsuhiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kashii
authors.affiliation: 6 Department of General and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University , Kanazawa, Japan .
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sawada
authors.affiliation: 1 Hibari Home Visit Nursing Agency , Imizu, Japan .
authors.forename: Michiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tonomura
authors.affiliation: 7 Department of Palliative Care and Surgery, Kouseiren Takaoka Hospital , Takaoka, Japan .
authors.forename: Nozomu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Murakami
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000451:nursing*; D010166:Palliative Care; D015996:Survival Rate; D019452:Terminally Ill