Study of recent and future trends in place of death in Belgium using death certificate data: a shift from hospitals to care homes

Table 3 Unadjusted and adjusted trends in chance of dying at home and in care homes of patients (aged ≥65 y) who died of chronic life-limiting conditions 1998-2007

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
PATIENTS LIVING AT HOME (N = 189 884)	OR of Home Death vs. Hospital Death (99% CI)
Unadjusted odds ratios					NS*
Adjusted odds ratios†					NS*
PATIENTS LIVING IN CARE HOMES (N = 79 846)	OR of Care Home Death vs. Hospital Death (99% CI)
Unadjusted odds ratios	Ref	1.14 (1.03-1.25)	1.19 (1.08-1.31)	1.24 (1.13-1.36)	1.44 (1.31-1.59)	1.47 (1.34-1.62)	1.46 (1.32-1.61)	1.50 (1.36-1.66)	1.52 (1.38-1.68)	1.65 (1.50-1.83)
Adjusted odds ratios‡	Ref	1.08 (0.98-1.19)	1.06 (0.96-1.17)	1.05 (0.95-1.17)	1.17 (1.05-1.31)	1.15 (1.03-1.29)	1.11 (0.99-1.25)	1.15 (1.03-1.30)	1.14 (1.01-1.29)	1.21 (1.07-1.37)

* The variable Year of Death was not selected in the forward stepwise likelihood ratio selection procedure of variables in the logistic regression analysis
† Odds ratios adjusted for underlying cause of death, age, sex, education, living arrangement, urbanization level and available hospital beds. Odds ratios of covariates are reported in Table 4.
‡ Odds ratios adjusted for underlying cause of death, age, sex, education, urbanization level, available residential beds and skilled nursing beds in care homes, and available hospital beds. Odds ratios of covariates are reported in Table 4.

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