TY - JOUR

T1 - Impact of place of residence on place of death in Wales

T2 - An observational study

AU - Ziwary, S.R.

AU - Samad, S.

AU - Johnson, C.D.

AU - Edwards, Rhiannon

PY - 2017/12/12

Y1 - 2017/12/12

N2 - Background: Previous research in England showed that deprivation level of a person’s place of residence affects the place of death and quality of care received at the end of life. People dying in their preferred place of death hasalso been shown to act as an indication for high quality of end of life care services and social equality. This study expands on current research to explore the effects of deprivation and place of residence on health related choicesand place of death in Wales.Methods: We used ten years combined mortality statistics from 2005 to 2014 and Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation rankings for each lower super output area. After accounting for the population’s age, the number of deaths in Hospital, Hospice, Home, Care Home, Psychiatric Units, and Elsewhere were compared across deprivation quintiles.Results: Distribution of place of death was found to be concentrated in three places – hospital (60%), home (21%) and care home (13%). Results from this study shows a high number of hospital deaths, especially for more deprived areas, despite being the least preferred place of death.Conclusion: This is the first Welsh study investigating place of death in relation to deprivation, which could be of major importance to academics, end of life care providers and policy makers interested in to reduce health careinequality in Wales.

AB - Background: Previous research in England showed that deprivation level of a person’s place of residence affects the place of death and quality of care received at the end of life. People dying in their preferred place of death hasalso been shown to act as an indication for high quality of end of life care services and social equality. This study expands on current research to explore the effects of deprivation and place of residence on health related choicesand place of death in Wales.Methods: We used ten years combined mortality statistics from 2005 to 2014 and Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation rankings for each lower super output area. After accounting for the population’s age, the number of deaths in Hospital, Hospice, Home, Care Home, Psychiatric Units, and Elsewhere were compared across deprivation quintiles.Results: Distribution of place of death was found to be concentrated in three places – hospital (60%), home (21%) and care home (13%). Results from this study shows a high number of hospital deaths, especially for more deprived areas, despite being the least preferred place of death.Conclusion: This is the first Welsh study investigating place of death in relation to deprivation, which could be of major importance to academics, end of life care providers and policy makers interested in to reduce health careinequality in Wales.

KW - Wales

KW - Deprivation

KW - Death place

KW - Socioeconomics

KW - Residence

U2 - 10.1186/s12904-017-0261-5

DO - 10.1186/s12904-017-0261-5

M3 - Article

VL - 16

SP - 72

EP - 77

JO - BMC Palliative Care

JF - BMC Palliative Care

SN - 1472-684X

IS - 1

ER -