Factors affecting place of death of hospice and non-hospice cancer patients.

Abstract:

:We identified factors associated with death at home for 28,828 hospice and non-hospice cancer patients in 13 counties of western Washington State. Hospice participation was found to be the variable most strongly associated with death at home. Admission to hospice appears to override the tendency for certain subgroups of patients, such as the extreme elderly and those diagnosed close to death, to die in an institutional setting. These findings are discussed with respect to the problem of selection bias.

journal_name

Am J Public Health

authors

Moinpour CM,Polissar L

doi

10.2105/ajph.79.11.1549

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1989-11-01 00:00:00

pages

1549-51

issue

11

eissn

0090-0036

issn

1541-0048

journal_volume

79

pub_type

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