Observational studyBMC palliative care2017
Impact of place of residence on place of death in Wales: an observational study.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Hospice care access inequalities: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2022Pooled it
- Health and care service utilisation in the last year of life before non-sudden death in Wales, 2014-2023, by palliative care registration: a population-based retrospective cohort study.The Lancet regional health. Europe · 2025Article
- [COVID-19 deaths among residents of inpatient nursing homes in Munich-causes and places of death].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2021Article
- [COVID-19- and influenza-associated deaths in Munich as of March 2020-a standardized analysis of death certificates].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2021Article
- Socio-Economic Deprivation and Symptom Burden in UK Hospice Patients with Advanced Cancer-Findings from a Longitudinal Study.Cancers · 2021Article
- [COVID-19-associated deaths].Rechtsmedizin (Berlin, Germany) · 2021Article
- Socioeconomic inequalities in the place of death in urban small areas of three Mediterranean cities.International journal for equity in health · 2020Article
- Dying in acute hospitals: voices of bereaved relatives.BMC palliative care · 2019Article
- [Impact of place of residence on the presentation of cardiovascular events and all-cause mortality in a cohort with metabolic syndrome].Revista espanola de salud publica · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious research in England showed that deprivation level of a person's place of residence affects the place of death and quality of care received at the end of life. People dying in their preferred place of death has also been shown to act as an indication for high quality of end of life care services and social equality. This study expands on current research to explore the effects of deprivation and place of residence on health related choices and place of death in Wales.
methodsWe used ten years combined mortality statistics from 2005 to 2014 and Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation rankings for each lower super output area. After accounting for the population's age, the number of deaths in Hospital, Hospice, Home, Care Home, Psychiatric Units, and Elsewhere were compared across deprivation quintiles.
resultsDistribution of place of death was found to be concentrated in three places - hospital (60%), home (21%) and care home (13%). Results from this study shows a high number of hospital deaths, especially for more deprived areas, despite being the least preferred place of death.
conclusionThis is the first Welsh study investigating place of death in relation to deprivation, which could be of major importance to academics, end of life care providers and policy makers interested in to reduce health care inequality in Wales.
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