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Table 3 Overall satisfaction with care in the last year of life by place of death

From: Quality of care in the last year of life: adaptation and validation of the German “Views of Informal Carers’ Evaluation of Services – Last Year of Life – Cologne”

 

‘Overall, and taking all services into account, how would you rate his/her care in the last year of life?’

Place of death

Good

Rather good

Rather bad

Bad

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

Mean (SD)

Hospital (n = 65)

16

(24.6)

32

(49.2)

13

(20)

4

(6.2)

2.08 (0.84)

Non-hospital (n = 265)

122

(46)

129

(48.7)

11

(4.2)

3

(1.1)

1.6 (0.63)

  1. Mann-Whitney U-Test: U = 5892.5, p = < 0.001, n = 330