Sociodemographic and clinical factors for non-hospital deaths among cancer patients: A nationwide population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Factors associated with place of death inform policies with respect to allocating end-of-life care resources and tailoring supportive measures.

Objective

To determine factors associated with non-hospital deaths among cancer patients.

Design

Retrospective cohort study of cancer decedents, examining factors associated with non-hospital deaths using multinomial logistic regression with hospital deaths as the reference category.

Setting/subjects

Cancer patients (n = 15254) in Singapore who died during the study period from January 1, 2012 till December 31, 2105 at home, acute hospital, long-term care (LTC) or hospice were included.

Results

Increasing age (categories ≥65 years: RRR 1.25-2.61), female (RRR 1.40; 95% CI 1.28-1.52), Malays (RRR 1.67;

SUBMITTER: Zhuang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7179880 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature