Place of death of people living with Parkinson’s disease: a population-level study in 11 countries

BMC Palliative Care

Table 2 Place of death of people dying from Parkinson’s disease (N = 34,430)

	Belgium	France	Italy	Spain (Andalusia)	Hungary	Czech Republic	New Zealand	USA	Canada	Mexico	South Korea
Places of death *
Hospital	26.9	39.7	31.3	38.1	60.2	39.1	18.8	17.3	42.4	24.1	74.7
Home	20.8	33.4	51.0	46.0	_	16.3	5.9	23.8	5.9	73.0	20.6
LTC-setting	51.7	24.2	13.4	15.1	_	43.5	71.3	49.7	47.6	_	4.5
Other	0.6	2.7	4.2	0.9	39.8	1.1	4.0	5.2	4.1	2.9	0.2

‘-‘ in cells represents that this information was not available in the country’s death certificate data. Percentages are valid column percentages.
Abbreviation: LTC Long Term Care.
*USA and New Zealand were the only countries where the death certificate data provided detail on hospice as a place of death. In the USA 4.0% died in a hospice; in New Zealand this was 0.0%.

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