Table 4.
Preferred and actual place of death of patients cared for by H@H service (n=283)*
| Preferred place of death (n=283) | Place of death | |||||||||||
| Home (n=223) | Hospice (n=43) | Hospital (n=4) | Nursing home (n=5) | Unknown (n=18) | ||||||||
| % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | |
| Home | 86 | (227) | 91 | (207) | 3 | (6) | 1 | (2) | <1 | (1) | 5 | (11) |
| Hospice | 8 | (24) | 4 | (1) | 87 | (21) | – | 4 | (1) | 4 | (1) | |
| Either home or hospice | 10 | (29) | 41 | (12) | 55 | (16) | 7 | (1) | – | – | – | – |
| Hospital | <1 | (1) | – | – | – | – | 100 | (1) | – | – | – | – |
| Nursing home | 1 | (2) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 100 | (2) | – | – |
*Preferred place of death not recorded for 38 patients.