| GSF GP Practice | Heart Failure Community Matrons | Hospital Specialist Palliative Care Service | Non-GSF Nursing Care Home | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) |
Evidence of recorded preferred place to die? | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 10 | (53) | 3 | (100) | 2 | (18) | 8 | (100) | 20 | (49) |
No | 9 | (47) | Â | Â | 9 | (82) | Â | Â | 12 | (51) |
Preferred Place to die (where recorded) a | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Patient's own home | 8 | (80) | 2 | (67) | 7 | (64) | Â | Â | 17 | (53) |
Hospital | Â | Â | Â | Â | 2 | (18) | 1 | (13) | 3 | (9) |
Hospice | 1 | (10) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1 | (3) |
Care home | 1 | (10) | 1 | (33) | 1 | (9) | 7 | (88) | 10 | (31) |
Patient-carer differences | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1b | (9) | Â | Â | 1 | (3) |
Place of death (all cases) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Patient's own home | 11 | (58) | 6 | (40) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 17 | (26) |
Hospital | 5 | (26) | 5 | (33) | 15 | (100) | 4 | (25) | 29 | (45) |
Hospice | 1 | (5) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 1 | (2) |
Care home | 1 | (5) | 2 | (13) | Â | Â | 12 | (75) | 15 | (23) |
Not recorded | 1 | (5) | 2 | (13) | Â | Â | Â | Â | 3 | (5) |
Died in preferred place? (Where recorded) | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | 7 | (70) | 3 | (100) | 2 | (18) | 8 | (100) | 20 | (63) |
No | 3 | (30) | Â | Â | 9 | (82) | Â | Â | 12 | (38) |