Table 2.

Place of care last 90 days of life and place of death.

	with ACP and palliative plan			Controls
Place of care and death	N=			N=			p
Place of care last 90 days of life	67			61
Home, mean days (SD)		62.4	(25.3)		64.5	(26.8)	0.641m
Nursing home, mean days (SD)		16.0	(24.0)		11.0	(24.0)	0.239n
Hospital, mean days (SD)		11.6	(10.9)		14.4	(14.1)	0.201o
Place of death	67			61			0.033p
Home		20	29.9 %		18	29.5 %
Nursing home		35	52.2 %		22	36.1 %
Hospital		12	17.9 %		21	34.4 %
Hospital admissions last 90 days	67			61			0.320q
Mean admissions (SD)		2.00	(1.46)		2.26	(1.51)

^mIndependent two-sided t-test for differences in days at home (t(126) = 0.468, p = 0.641, 95% CI (–0.264 to 0.430)).

ⁿIndependent two-sided t-test for differences in days at nursing home (t(126) = –1.182, p = 0.239, 95% CI (–0.557 to 0.139)).

^oIndependent two-sided t-test for differences in days in hospital (t(126) = 1.285, p = 0.201, 95% CI (–0.121 to 0.575)).

^pPearson’s chi-square test for differences in dying in primary health care (home/nursing home) or hospital (X² (1, n = 128) = 4.55; p = 0.033).

^qIndependent two-sided t-test for differences in hospital admissions (t(126) = 0.998, p = 0.320, 95% CI (–0.170 to 0.524)).