Table 3 Place of death and presence of a physician at time of death in each facility

Place of death

Conventional HCSCs

Enhanced HCSCs

N = 77

N = 152

n (%)

n (%)

p-value

Death at home

50 (64.9)

123 (80.9)

 < 0.001

Death in hospital

24 (28.6)

14 (9.2)

 < 0.001

Unknown

5 (6.5)

15 (9.9)

 < 0.001

Presence of a physician at the time of in-home death

conventional HCSCs

enhanced HCSCs

N = 50

N = 123

n (%)

n (%)

p-value

With the presence of physician at the time of death

39 (78.0)

122 (99.2)

 < 0.001

Without the presence of physician at the time of death

11 (22.0)

1 (0.8)

 < 0.001