Characteristics of EPaCCS studies reporting place of death and preferred place of death
| Author | Sample | % with cancer | PPD home (%) | PPD achieved (%) | PPD achieved if PPD was home (%)/hospice (%) | Likelihood of hospital death OR (95% CI)* |
| Allsop et al 6 | 1229 | – | 55 | 75 | 65/83 | – |
| Broadhurst et al 29 | 6854 | 43 | 55 | 79 | – | – |
| Callender et al 30 | 9027 | 57 | 65 | 78 | 72/79 | – |
| Millington-Sanders et al 32 | 597 | – | 35† | – | – | – |
| Smith et al 7 | 207 | 46 | 40 | 55 | 68/34 | – |
| Purdy et al 34 | 1022‡ | 68 | – | – | – | 0.30 (0.13 to 0.69)* |
| 2572§ | – | – | – | 0.22 (0.12 to 0.40)* |
*OR for dying at home for those with an EPaCCS record versus those without an EPaCCS record, adjusted by gender, age, deprivation and cause of death.
†29.0% of the 138 individuals who died in the sample died at home.
‡North Somerset.
§Somerset.
EPaCCS, electronic palliative care coordination systems; EoLC, end-of-life care; PPD, preferred place of death.