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- Title
The Incidence of Place of Death in Greek Patients with Cancer in 1995 and 2005.
- Authors
Mystakidou, Kyriaki; Parpa, Efi; Tsilika, Eleni; Panagiotou, Irene; Galanos, Antonis; Tsiatas, Marinos; Theodorakis, Pavlos
- Abstract
Purpose: To describe where (home or hospital) patients with cancer die in Greece, in 1995 and 2005. Methods: We used data from patients with cancer, who died in Greece in 1995 and 2005, and we studied the location changes of death in the 3 major geographical areas of Greece (Macedonia: North Greece, Central Greece, and Crete: South Greece). Results: In Central Greece and Crete, death incidences for 60 to 69, 70 to 79, and 80+ age groups decreased from 1995 to 2005. In Crete, in 1995, male and female death incidences for 80+ age group dying at home was higher than the corresponding one dying in hospital. Conclusion: It seemed that in Greece, more cancer patients are dying in hospitals. Geographical and socioeconomic criteria might affect the place of death of a patient with cancer.
- Subjects
GREECE; PLACE of death; CANCER patients; DEATH; HOME (The concept); HOSPITALS
- Publication
American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 2009, Vol 26, Issue 5, p347
- ISSN
1049-9091
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1049909109333932