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Changes in the place of death before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.
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- Changes in Home-visit Care Utilization and Outcomes During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Comparison Between Patients With and Without Cancer.Journal of epidemiology · 2026Observational
- End-of-life care for older adults receiving home medical care in Japan: a pilot retrospective cohort study.Journal of rural medicine : JRM · 2026Article
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- Mortality from malignant neoplasms at home and in hospitals in Brazil, 2002-2022: sociodemographic characteristics and temporal trends.Revista brasileira de epidemiologia = Brazilian journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Determinants of place of death among individuals with cardiovascular disease: A Saudi sub-national register study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Home Medical Care Utilization in Japan: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Article
- Characteristics of cancer patients dying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study based on vital statistics from 2015 to 2022 in Japan.Journal of general and family medicine · 2024Article
- The congruence between the preferred and actual places of death among terminal cancer patients in China.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Changes in Characteristics and Outcomes of Newly Initiated Physician-Led Home Visit Care Before and During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Multicenter Retrospective Study in Japan.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundIn the global aging, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have affected the place of death (PoD) in Japan, where hospital deaths have dominated for decades. We analyzed the PoD trends before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.
methodsThis nationwide observational study used vital statistics based on death certificates from Japan between 1951 and 2021. The proportion of PoD; deaths at home, hospitals, and nursing homes; and annual percentage change (APC) were estimated using joinpoint regression analysis. Analyses were stratified by age groups and causes of death.
resultsAfter 2019, home deaths exhibited upward trends, while hospital death turned into downward trends. By age, no significant trend change was seen in the 0-19 age group, while hospital deaths decreased in the 20-64 age group in 2019. The trend change in home death in the ≥65 age group significantly increased since 2019 with an APC of 12.3% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 9.0 to 15.7), while their hospital death trends decreased by -4.0% (95% CI: -4.9 to -3.1) in 2019-2021. By cause of death, home death due to cancer and the old age increased since 2019 with an APC of 29.3% (95% CI: 25.4 to 33.2) and 8.8% (95% CI: 5.5 to 12.2), respectively.
conclusionPoD has shifted from hospital to home during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. The majority of whom were older population with cancer or old age.
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