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Title: Longterm care, home care, Other Location vs' hospital


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Outcome Variables
  • Long-term care, home care, Other Location vs.
    hospital
  • Hospital, home care, Other Location vs.
    palliative unit
  • Among hospital deaths - regular ward, ICU vs.
    palliative unit

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Regression Results Age 65
p lt .01 p lt .001
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Regression Results Cancer
p lt .05
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Key Findings
  • Cause of death and age are major predictors of
    location of death.
  • Few income effects, although for cancer deaths,
    the wealthiest were more likely to die on home
    care, relative to in a palliative care unit, than
    the poorest.

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Conclusions
  • Despite the availability of palliative home care,
    there may be barriers to dying at home for the
    poorest.
  • Whether the new Palliative Drug Access program
    will reduce barriers for the less wealthy needs
    to be examined.

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