Home care for end-of-life patients to live and die at home

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K20692
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Clinical nursing
• Research Institution: Nagoya University (2016-2017); Tohoku University (2015)
• Principal Investigator: Sato Kazuki 名古屋大学, 医学系研究科(保健), 准教授 (60583789)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: ターミナルケア / 在宅医療 / 悪性腫瘍 / 在宅療養支援診療所 / 死亡場所

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The object of this study is to assess the contribution of palliative care clinic to home death for end-of-life cancer patients. We collected and analysed statistics provided by Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry Japan. The percentages of home death of cancer patients cared by palliative care clinics in secondary medical region was median 8.1 [quartile range, 0% to 18.4%]. Ecological analyses revealed that palliative care clinics independently positively associated with home death rate at the municipal level, and rural areas with excess medical and care resources negatively associated with it.

Free Research Field

臨床看護学