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. 2026 Apr 15;14(8):1043. doi: 10.3390/healthcare14081043
Variable Preferred Place of Care or Death Recorded n (%)
N = 297 (64.0%)
Preferred Place of Care or Death NON
Recorded n (%)
n = 167 (36.0%)
p Value
Male sex 142 (47.81%) 76 (45.51%) 0.633
Female sex 155 (52.19%) 91 (54.49%)
Age (mean, SD) 79.93 (13.67) 82.44 (11.53) 0.036 *
Non-oncological disease 103 (34.68%) 76 (45.51%) 0.021
Oncological disease 194 (65.32%) 91 (54.49%)
Area of residence 0.821
1 83 (64.8%) 45 (35.2%)
2 68 (66.0%) 35 (34.0%)
3 64 (65.3%) 34 (34.7%)
4 82 (60.7%) 53 (39.3%)
Primary caregiver 0.001
Yes 99 (88.4%) 13 (11.6%)
No 198 (56.3%) 154 (43.7%)
HPC follow-up duration (per week of follow-up) (mean, SD) 5.37 (7.70) 11.64 (17.38) 0.001
* Difference in means 2.52 (IC 95%: 0.17–4.86).