Table 1 Summary of reported findings and proportion of hospital deaths for all cancers and haematological malignancies.
Study | Country | Dates of deaths | Total patients (% hospital deaths) | Main findings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | Â | All cancers | Haematological malignancy | Â |
Aabom, 2005 [12]* | Denmark | 01/96-12/98 | 4,092 (70) | 129 (84) | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from 'haematological' cancers (coding not specified) were more likely to die in institutions (hospital/nursing home). |
Bruera, 2002 [13]* | USA | 09/97-08/98 | 1,466 (57) | 206 (84) | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from 'hematologic' (coding not specified) were more likely to die in hospital. |
Bruera, 2003 [14]* | USA | 09/96-08/98 | 13,577 (51) | 1,223 (NA) | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from 'haematological' cancers (coding not specified) were more likely to die in hospital. |
Cardenas-Turanzas, 2006 [15]* | USA | 1999-2000 | 866 (58) | 146 (79) | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from 'leukaemia and lymphoma' were more likely to die in hospital than elsewhere (home/nursing home/hospice). |
Cohen, 2006 [16]* | Belgium | 2001 | 15,0008 (54) | 1,109 (75) | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from 'hematologic' cancers were more likely to die in hospital than home/care home/elsewhere. |
1 Cohen, 2008 [17] * | Belgium Netherlands Sweden Scotland England Wales | 2003 2003 2002 2003 2003 2003 | 14,632 (59) 38,181 (31) 21,294 (85) 15,145 (57) 127,346 (49) 8,419 (60) | 1,143 (71) 2,981 (47) 1,996 (91) 1,053 (74) 10,107 (70) 575 (78) | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from 'hematologic malignancies' were more likely to die in hospital/care home than outside hospital. This was consistent across all countries included. |
Costantini, 1993 [18]* | Italy | 01/86-12/90 | 12,315 (69) | 828 (79) | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from 'leukaemia-lymphoma' were more likely to die in an institution (hospital/elderly care home). |
Costantini, 2000 [19]* | Italy | 1991 | 17,597 (48) | 1,192 (64) | Compared to all other specified cancer deaths, patients dying from cancers of the 'haemopoietic system' were more likely to die in a hospital/elderly care home. |
Davison, 2001 [20]* | UK | July-Dec 1977/87/97 | 1,324 (47) | 83 (75) | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from cancer of the 'lymphatic' and 'haemopoietic tissue' were more likely to die in hospital and less likely to die in a hospice. |
Declich, 1991 [21]* | Italy | 01/85-12/88 | 970 (18) | 112 (27) | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from 'lymphoma' and 'haematopoietic neoplasms' were more likely to die in hospital (with the exception of colon cancer). |
Decker, 2006 [48] | UK/USA | 1995-1998 | UK 59,604 (56) USA 51,668 (74) | NA | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from cancer of the 'lymphatic' and 'haematopoietic' tissue aged ≥40 years were less likely to die at home (12% UK; 14% USA). |
Gatrell, 2003 [22]* | UK | 1993-2000 | 6,900 (35) | NA | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from 'lymphatic system' cancer were more likely to die in hospital. |
Higginson, 1998 [23] | UK | 1985-1994 | 1,344,187 (66) | NA | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from cancers of the 'lymphatic' or 'haematological system' were less likely to die at home. |
Hunt, 1996 [24]* | Australia | 1990 | 2,800 (NA) | 260 (NA) | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from 'haematological' cancers (coding not specified) were more likely to die in a Metropolitan Public Hospital. |
Hunt, 2001 [25]* | Australia | 1990-1999 | 29,230 (55) | 3,045 (NA) | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from 'lymphoma', 'multiple myeloma' and 'leukaemias' (coding not specified) were more likely to die in a Metropolitan Public Hospital. |
Lock, 2005 [26] | UK | 1995-1999 | 315,462 (50) | NA (66) | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from 'lymphatic' and 'haematopoietic' cancers aged ≥75 years, were more likely to die in hospital and less likely to die in a hospice. |
McCusker, 1983 [27]* | USA | 1976-1978 | 2,989 (70) | 315 (82) | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from 'leukaemia and lymphoma' (coding not specified) were more likely to die in an acute care hospital. |
Polissar, 1987 [28]* | USA | 1968-1981 | 22,456 (61) | 978 (73) | Compared to other common cancers (9 selected cancer sites) patients with 'non-Hodgkin lymphoma' were the most likely to die in hospital. |
Roder, 1987 [29] | Australia | 1981 & 1985 | 1,582 (37) | NA (57) | Compared to other common cancers (8 selected sites), patients with 'haematological malignancies' (leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma) were more likely to die in a Metropolitan Public Hospital. |
Ross, 2007 [30]* | UK | 1995-2000 | 31,812 (41) | 2,638 (62) | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from haematological malignancy (all diagnoses combined) were more likely to die in hospital and less likely to die in a hospice. |
Saugo, 2008 [31]* | Italy | 2004 | 350 (75) | 31 (87) | Compared to all other cancer deaths, patients dying from 'haematological' cancers ≥50 years were more likely to die in hospital. |