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Table 2 Distribution of place of death in parishes with or without nursing home

From: Where do the elderly die? The impact of nursing home utilisation on the place of death. Observations from a mortality cohort study in Flanders

Parishes

Place of death

Deceased who

 

At Home (%)

Nursing home (%)

Hospital (%)

never used a nursing home

used a nursing home (%)

Without Nursing home

     

Hombeek

18 (22)

20 (24)

44 (54)

55 (67)

26 (32)

Leest

9 (28)

2 (6)

21 (66)

29 (91)

3 (9)

Muizen

11(22)

11 (22)

28 (56)

30 (60)

15 (30)

Mechelen H. Hart *

2(6)

7 (22)

23 (72)

21 (53)

11 (28)

Subtotal

40 (20)

40 (20)

116 (59)

135 (66)

55 (27)

With Nursing home

     

Borsbeek

25 (31)

20 (25)

34 (43)

38 (48)

32 (41)

Kapelle-O/D Bos

10 (30)

8 (24)

15 (46)

23 (70)

10 (30)

Zemst

19 (25)

22 (29)

34 (45)

46 (61)

29 (39)

Mechelen Hanswijk

6 (9)

36 (55)

24 (36)

30 (45)

36 (55)

Subtotal

60 (24)

86 (34)

107 (42)

137 (54)

107 (42)

TOTAL

100 (22)

126 (28)

223 (50)

272 (60)

162 (35)

  1. Distribution of place of death between places with and without nursing home (chisquare: p = 0.0008)
  2. *place of death was not known for 8 subjects. (n = 449)
  3. From 15 in-hospital deaths the use of a nursing home could not be traced. (n = 434)
  4. Mechelen H. Hart and Mechelen Hanswijk are urban parishes; the others are rural.