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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2009 Jan 15;115(2):399–409. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24002

Table 4.

Location of Patient Death

Patients with Dependent Children (N=68) Patient without Dependent Children (N=280)
Location % (N) % (N)
Hospital (ICU) 12% (8) 6% (18)
Hospital (Other) 26% (18) 23% (63)
Hospital Total 38% (26) 29% (81)
Nursing Home/ Long 6% (4) 3% (9)
Term Care Facility
Patient's Home 47% (32) 49% (138)
Surrogate's Home 3% (2) 3% (9)
Other Home 4% (3) 1%(4)
Home Total 54% (37) 54% (151)
Inpatient Hospice 1%(1) 14% (38)
Other 0% (0) 0%(1)