Background Achieving choice is proposed as a quality marker. But little is known about what
influences preferences especially among older adults. We aimed to determine and compare …

Background Home-based models of hospice and palliative care are promoted with the
argument that most people prefer to die at home. We examined the heterogeneity in …

Background: It is often suggested that terminally ill patients favour end-of-life care at home.
Yet, it is unclear how these preferences are formed, if the process is similar for patients and …

Background End-of-life care policy has a focus on enabling patients to die in their preferred
place; this is believed for most to be home. This review assesses patient preferences for …

Background end-of-life care is not always in line with end-of-life preferences, so patients do
not always die at their preferred place of death (PPD). This study aims to identify factors …

Objectives The majority of people would prefer to die at home and the stated intentions of
both statutory and voluntary healthcare providers aim to support this. This service evaluation …

Background/aim: Health policy places emphasis on enabling patients to die in their place of
choice, and increasing the proportion of home deaths. In this article, we seek to explore …

Place of death is at times suggested as an outcome for palliative care services. This study
aimed to describe longitudinal preferences for place of care and place of death over time for …

In 2008, two-thirds of deaths occurred at ages of 75 and over, and it is known that in England
people dying in this age group have fewer chances to die at home (5-6). It is unclear …

Background Dying at home and dying at the preferred place of death are advocated to be
desirable outcomes of palliative care. More insight is needed in their usefulness as quality …