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Table 4 Associations between decedent characteristics and place of death (versus hospital) (n = 354)

From: End-of-life experience for older adults in Ireland: results from the Irish longitudinal study on ageing (TILDA)

Base: Hospital death (n = 172)

Home death

(n = 100)

Inpatient hospice death

(n = 43)

Nursing Home death

(n = 39)

  

RRR

p

95% CI

RRR

p

95% CI

RRR

p

95% CI

Age

Years

1.00

0.83

0.97 - 1.03

0.99

0.72

0.95 - 1.04

1.08

0.01

1.02–1.15

Gender

Female

0.69

0.18

0.40 - 1.19

0.67

0.33

0.30 - 1.49

0.53

0.17

0.21–1.30

Living alone

Yes

0.54

0.03

0.31 - 0.94

0.63

0.27

0.28 - 1.43

1.94

0.17

0.76–4.95

Education

Tertiary/higher

1.12

0.77

0.52 - 2.44

1.73

0.27

0.65 - 4.60

0.30

0.23

0.04–2.17

Location

Rural

1.06

0.82

0.62 - 1.82

0.42

0.05

0.17 - 1.00

0.33

0.02

0.13–0.81

Medical/GP card

Yes

1.82

0.18

0.77 - 4.34

1.85

0.33

0.54 - 6.29

1.09

0.94

0.11–11.27

Insurance

Yes

1.31

0.39

0.71 - 2.41

1.85

0.17

0.77 - 4.43

1.31

0.60

0.48–3.56

 

Total

1.06

0.34

0.94 - 1.18

1.16

0.06

1.00 - 1.35

1.52

< 0.005

1.24–1.86

Diagnosis of

Heart disease

1.38

0.35

0.71 - 2.69

0.27

0.01

0.09 - 0.77

0.60

0.33

0.21–1.70

 

Cancer

2.49

0.01

1.29 - 4.81

10.20

< 0.005

2.66 - 39.15

0.21

0.02

0.06–0.74

 

Dementia

1.27

0.63

0.47 - 3.42

0.84

0.85

0.14 - 5.13

3.68

0.02

1.27–10.66

Chronic conditions

Total

0.89

0.27

0.73 - 1.09

1.42

0.02

1.05 - 1.94

1.10

0.54

0.80–1.52

Short illness

Yes

4.06

< 0.005

1.91 - 8.62

0.75

0.80

0.08 - 6.84

0.39

0.28

0.07–2.15

Frailty

Yes

1.13

0.72

0.58 - 2.18

1.01

0.98

0.38 - 2.73

0.48

0.15

0.18–1.29

  1. For variables legend, see Table 1. p p value, RRR Relative risk ratio, 95% CI confidence interval. Statistically significant (p < 0.05) highlighted bold