Table 1 Characteristics of Patients Included in the Studies Evaluating Determinants of Home Death
From: The determinants of home and nursing home death: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Author, year, sample size, country | Patient population, age (years) male | Type of diseasea | Place of death | NOS quality assessment scaleb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Poulose et al. 2013 [13] N = 842 Singapore | • Palliative home care team recipients • ≥65: 475 (56 %) • Male: 405 (48 %) | • Cancer: 729 (87 %) • Non-cancer: 113 (13 %) | • Home: 241 (29 %) • Hospital: 452 (54 %) • Inpatient hospice: 149 (17 %) | • 7 |
Seow et al. 2014c [36] N = 6,218 Canada | • Home care recipients • Median (IQR): 75: (64–84) • Male: 3,009 (48 %) | • Cancer: 4,950 (80 %) • Non-cancer: 1,268 (20 %) | • Outside of hospital: 4,828 (78 %) • Hospital: 1,390 (22 %) | • 7 |
Taylor et al. 2011 [17] N = 1,268 New Zealand | • Hospice care recipients • ≥55: 1,108 (88 %) • Male: 603 (48 %) | • Cancer: 1,036 (82 %) • Cardiovascular: 54 (4 %) • Respiratory: 45 (4 %) • Other: 120 (10 %) | • Home: 352 (28 %) • Hospital : 675 (53 %) • Nursing home: 203 (16 %) | • 7 |
Houttekier et al. 2011 [19] N = 189,884 Belgium | • General end-of-life population • ≥65: 54,311 (83 %)d • Male: 32,718 (50 %)d | Cause of death • Cancer: 18,321 (28 %)d • Cardiovascular:16,813 (26 %)d • Other: 30,100 (46 %)d | • Home: 14,726 (23 %)d • Hospital: 33,856 (52 %) d • Nursing home: 14,792 (23 %)d • Other: 2,061 (3 %)d | • 6 |
Ikezaki et al. 2011 [21] N = 4,175 Japan | • Receiving home care from nurses • Mean: 84 ± 10e • Male: 2,192 (53 %) | • Cancer: 1,664 (40 %) • Cardiovascular: 504 (12 %) • Pneumonia: 481 (12 %) • Other: 1,509 (36 %) | • Home: 1,930 (46 %) • Hospital: 2,245 (54 %) | • 7 |
Cardenas-Turanza et al. 2011 [22] N = 473 Mexico | • General end-of-life population • Mean (SD): 74 (73) • Male: 235 (50 %) | Cause of death • Cancer: 91 (19 %) • Cardiovascular: 104 (22 %) • Other: 278 (58 %) | • Home: 250 (53 %) • Hospital: 223 (47 %) | • 8 |
Fukui et al. 2011 [23] N = 568 Japan | • Receiving home palliative care from nurses • Mean (SD): 73 (12) • Male: 339 (60 %) | • Cancer: 100 % | • Home: 312 (55 %) • Hospital: 256 (45 %) | • 8 |
Hong et al. 2011 [12] N = 52,120 Singapore | • General end-of-life population • ≥65: 33,938 (65 %) • Male: 28,987 (56 %) | • Cancer: 100 % | • Home: 15,801 (30 %) • Hospital: 27,592 (53 %) • Inpatient Hospice: 5,592 (11 %) • Other: 3,135 (6 %) | • 6 |
Houttekier et al. 2010 [20] N = 1,690 Belgium | • General end-of-life population • ≥65: 1,462 (88 %) • Male: 839 (50 %) | Cause of death • Cancer: 725 (43 %) • Cardiovascular: 237 (14 %) • Other: 728 (43 %) | • Home: 402 (24 %) • Hospital: 664 (39 %) • Nursing home: 451 (27 %) • Palliative care unit: 171 (10 %) | • 7 |
Houttekier et al. 2010 [18] N = 237,579f Netherlands/England | • General end-of-life population • ≥70: 131,574 (73 %) • Male: 90,619 (50 %) | Cause of death • Cancer: 170,339 (72 %) • Heart failure: 11,599 (7 %) • Other: 52,454 (22 %) | • Home: 49,036 (21 %) • Hospital: 114,401 (48 %) • Nursing home: 39,256 (17 %) • Other: 34,886 (14 %) | • 6 |
Tang et al. 2010 [25] N = 201,252 Taiwan | • General end-of-life population • ≥65: 119,690 (59 %) • Male: 129,354 (64 %) | • Cancer: 100 % | • Home: 68,139 (34 %) • Hospital: 133,113 (66 %) | • 7 |
Hayashi et al. 2011 [26] N = 99 Japan | • Home care service recipients • Mean (SD): 78 (13) • Male: 49 (50 %) | • Cancer: 38 (38 %) • Ischemic heart disease: 19 (19 %) • Other: 42 (42 %) | • Home: 40 (40 %) • Hospital: 59 (60 %) | • 5 |
Bell et al. 2009 [27] N = 1,352 United States | • General end-of-life population • Mean: 84 • Male: 100 % | Cause of death • Cancer: 337 (25 %) • Coronary: 181 (13 %) • Other: 834 (62 %) | • Home: 306 (23 %) • Hospital: 800 (59 %) • Nursing home: 246 (18 %) | • 5 |
Lin et al. 2007 [29] N = 697,814 Taiwan | • General end-of-life population • ≥75: 423,552 (61 %) • Male: 290,394 (42 %) | • Cancer: 143,529 (21 %) • Circulatory: 185,679 (27 %) • Respiratory: 85,763 (12 %) • Other: 279,126 (40 %) | • Home; 459,005 (66 %) • Hospital: 238,809 (34 %) | • 7 |
Gruneir et al. 2007 [30] N = 1,402,167 United States | • General end-of-life population • ≥75: 810,453 (58 %) • Male: 671,638 (48 %) | Cause of death • Cancer: 351,944 (25 %) • Cardiovascular: 427,661 (31 %) • Other: 623,964 (44 %) | • Home: 330,447 (24 %) • Hospital: 740,405 (53 %) • Nursing home: 331,315 (24 %) | • 7 |
Motiwala et al. 2006 [32] N = 58,689 Canada | • General end-of-life population • ≥75: 43,071 (73 %) • Male: 27,749 (47 %) | • Cancer: 19,966 (34 %) • Dementia: 16,267 (28 %) • Other: 22,302 (38 %) | Not available | • 8 |
Cohen et al. 2006 [33] N = 55,759 Belgium | • General end-of-life population • ≥65: 46,271 (83 %) • Male: 28,248 (51 %) | Cause of death • Cancer: 15,008 (27 %) • Cardiovascular: 15,846 (28 %) • Other: 27,793 (45 %) | • Home: 13,549 (24 %) • Hospital: 29,943 (54 %) • Nursing home: 11,041 (20 %) • Other: 1,115 (2 %) | • 6 |
Brazil et al. 2005 [2] N = 214 Canada | • Home palliative care recipients • ≥50 year: 100 % • Male: 142 (66 %) | • Cancer: 207 (96 %) • Non-cancer: 7 (4 %) | • Home: 120 (56 %) • Institution: 94 (44 %) | • 8 |
Klinkenberg et al. 2005 [34] N = 270 Netherlands | • General end-of-life population • ≥80: 168 (62 %) • Male: 167 (62 %) | Cause of death • Cancer: 65 (24 %) • Non-cancer: 201 (76 %) | • Home: 135 (50 %) • Hospital: 86 (32 %) • Nursing home: 46 (17 %) | • 7 |
Aabom et al. 2005 [35] N = 4,386 Denmark | • Home residents • >65: 2,979 (68 %) • Male: 2,145 (49 %) | • Cancer: 100 % | • Home: 1,221 (28 %) • Hospital: 2,412 (55 %) • Nursing home: 702 (16 %) | • 7 |
Fukui et al. 2004 [24] N = 428 Japan | • Home care recipients • Mean (SD): 75 (11) • Male: 247 (58 %) | • Cancer: 100 % | • Home: 285 (67 %) • Hospital: 143 (33 %) | • 7 |