Table 4 Were preferences met? Actual place of death compared with original preference
Actual place of death | |||||||||||
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Most preferred place of death | Own home | Home of a relative or friend | Palliative care unit or inpatient hospicea | Hospital | Care home | Else where | Sub total Known place of death | Don’t know where diedb | Alive | Total N (%) | |
Own home | 14 | 0 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 62 | 7 | 4 | 77 | (56%) |
Home of a relative or friend | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (0%) |
Palliative care unit or inpatient hospicea | 7 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 6 | 31 | (23%) |
Hospital | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | (4%) |
Care home | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | (2%) |
Elsewhere | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | (4%) |
Don’t know | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 12 | (9%) |
Refusal/prefer not to say | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | (2%) |
Total | 22(21%) | 0(0%) | 40(39%) | 35(34%) | 6(6%) | 0(0%) | 103(100%) | 13 | 15 | 138 | (100%) |
Least preferred place of death | Own home | Home of a relative or friend | Palliative care unit or inpatient hospicea | Hospital | Care home | Else where | Sub total Known place of death | Don’t know where diedb | Alive | Total N (%) | |
Own home | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 22 | (16%) |
Home of a relative or friend | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | (9%) |
Palliative care unit or inpatient hospicea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | (4%) |
Hospital | 5 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 33 | (24%) |
Care home | 6 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 25 | (18%) |
Elsewhere | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 | (8%) |
Don’t know | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 18 | (13%) |
Refusal/prefer not to say | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | (3%) |
Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | (1%) |
Total | 22(21%) | 0(0%) | 40(39%) | 35(34%) | 6(6%) | 0(0%) | 103(100%) | 13 | 15 | 138 | (100%) |