<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Van den Block, Lieve</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ko, Winne</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Miccinesi, Guido</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">S Moreels</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Donker, Gé A</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Bregje</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tomas Vega Alonso</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Deliens, Luc</style></author></authors><translated-authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">EURO IMPACT</style></author></translated-authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Final transitions to place of death: patients and families wishes.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J Public Health (Oxf)</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">J Public Health (Oxf)</style></alt-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2016 Sep 21</style></date></pub-dates></dates><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;PURPOSE: &lt;/b&gt;This four-country study (Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain) examines prevalence and types of final transitions between care settings of cancer patients and the extent to which patient/family wishes are cited as a reason for the transition.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;METHODS: &lt;/b&gt;Data were collected from the EUROSENTI-MELC study over a 2-year period. General practitioners within existing Sentinel Networks registered weekly all deaths of patients within practices using a standardized questionnaire. This registration included place of care in the final 3 months and wishes for the final transition to place of death. All non-sudden deaths due to cancer (+18 years) were included in the analyses.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;RESULTS: &lt;/b&gt;We included 2048 non-sudden cancer deaths; 63% of patients had at least one transition between care settings in the final 3 months of life. 'Hospital death from home' (25-55%) and 'home death from hospital' (16-30%) were the most frequent types of final transitions in all countries. Patients' or families' wishes were mentioned as a reason for a final transition in 5-27% (P&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;&amp;nbsp;0.001) and 10-22% (P&amp;nbsp;=&amp;nbsp;0.002) across countries.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;CONCLUSIONS: &lt;/b&gt;'Hospital deaths from home' is the most prevalent final transition in three of four countries studied, in a significant minority of cases because of patient/family wishes.&lt;/p&gt;
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