Table 3

Preferred and actual place of death of patients for whom the GP is informed of the preference (n = 363).a

Actual place of death, %
Preferred place of deathn (%)HomeCare homeHospitalPalliative care unit
Home209 (57.7)71.8b3.314.410.5
Care home112 (30.9)092.9b6.30.9
Hospital17 (4.7)0094.1b5.9
Palliative care unit24 (6.6)0016.783.3b

  • ↵a Missing values preferred place of death n = 1.

  • ↵b Percentages of patients who eventually died at the expressed preferred place of death (of which the percentages are shown in the left part of the table).