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 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 Government policy is a fundamental component of initiating change to improve
the provision of palliative care at a national level. The World Health Organisation's …

Patients with cancer frequently suffer from debilitating physical symptoms and psychological
distress, particularly at the end of life. Interventions to help alleviate these problems are often …

Objectives Home is considered the preferred place of death for many, but patients with
haematological malignancies (leukaemias, lymphomas and myeloma) die in hospital more …

While the focus of end-of-life care research and policy has predominantly been on 'death in
a homelike environment', little is known about perceptions of the acute hospital setting as a …

Where Americans die has shifted over the past 15 years, away from hospitals and nursing
facilities and toward home. By 2017, 31% of Americans died at home, making it the most …

Objectives Understanding patients' preferences for place of death and supporting patients to
achieve their wishes has become a priority. This study aims to:(1) examine preferences of …

Background Home death is one of the key performance indicators of the quality of palliative
care service delivery. Such a measure has direct implications on everyone involved at the …

Objectives To evaluate the preferred place-of-death (PPoD) among patients with advanced
cancer over time, and the concordance between preferred and actual place-of-death …