Actual place of death for each preferred place of death of Italian patients deceased for cancer
| Preferred place of death* | Actual place of death* | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Other home | Hospital | Hospice | Nursing home | Ambulance | Total | |
| *Weighed row proportions based on 78.9% of the interviews with the caregivers (n = 1003). For each preferred place of death the percentage distribution of the actual place of death is reported. †The proportion of preference met for each preferred place of death. | |||||||
| Home | 65.9† | 2.3 | 27.3 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 100 |
| Other home | 27.8 | 44.1† | 24.5 | – | 3.6 | – | 100 |
| Hospital | 8.3 | – | 91.7† | – | – | – | 100 |
| Hospice | 57.4 | – | – | 42.6† | – | – | 100 |
| Nursing home | – | – | 4.1 | – | 95.9† | – | 100 |
| Ambulance | – | – | – | – | – | –† | 100 |