Table 3 Results of the studies included
From: Hospitalization at the end of life among nursing home residents with dementia: a systematic review
First author, year | Country (sample size) | In-hospital death | Other period before death |
|---|---|---|---|
Aaltonen, 2014 [33] | Finland (n = 13,159) | 20.6%a |  |
Agar, 2017 [34] | Australia (n = 64) |  | 30 days: 18%b |
Allers, 2018 [13] | Germany (not reported) |  | 7 days: 36.8% 30 days: 51.3% |
Cai, 2016 [35] | USA (CPS 3–4: n = 189,219, CPS 5–6: n = 104,748) |  | 30 days CPS 3–6: 29.6%a CPS 3–4: 32.5%a CPS 5–6: 24.3%a |
Gessert, 2008 [36] | USA (n = 3703) |  | 30 days: 32.4% |
Hendriks, 2017 [20] | Netherlands (n = 330) |  | 7 days: 1.5% 30 days: 8.0% |
Houttekier, 2014 [21] | Belgium (n = 195) |  | 30 days: 19.5% |
Krishnan, 2015 [37] | Canada (n = 58) | 0% |  |
Lamberg, 2005 [30] | USA (n = 240) | 4.2% | 30 days: 8.3% |
Li, 2013 [22] | USA (n = 143,980)c | 14.2%c |  |
Livingston, 2013 [31] | UK (n = 30) | 53.3%d |  |
Sloane, 2008 [15] | USA (n = 247) | 6.9% | 30 days: 23.6% |
Temkin-Greener, 2013 [32] | USA (n = 384,355) | 14.4% |  |