Place of Death
Hospices
Guide Care Services
Hospitals
Care homes
Elsewhere
Health Services Factors
Guide Care Services (Geographical Understanding of variations in place of death) Workforce
Utilisation
Guide_Care Services is a national population-based study that examines the role of
Provision
Needs
Proximity
Capacity
Deprivation
Settlement
Patients Characteristics
service factors on place of death in England, United Kingdom. Where people die is an important quality indicator of End-of-Life care. The majority of decedents would prefer
Age
Gender
Marital
to die at home or in a home-like environment (e.g. Hospices), where they can benefit from specialist palliative care services or support from caregivers (e.g. friends and family members). However, hospital remains the most common place of death. Results
Diseases
Region
FAQ: Q. Who is the major sponsor or funding body for this project? A. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
of a systematic review showed that environmental factors - such as the characteristics of the health care system play an important role in the choice of place of death. In
Q. What type of data is used for this study? A. Individual level death data and healthcare services datasets
addition, a previous project (The Guide_Care) explored the impact of patient’s characteristics (e.g. age, marital status, and social economic status, disease type etc.) on place of death. However, these only accounted for less than a quarter of the factors
that influences the choice of place of death, hence prompting a further investigation
Q. Who are your main data providers? A. Office for National Statistics (ONS), Care Quality Commission (CQC), National End of life Care Intelligence Network (NEoLCIN), London Cancer Alliance (LCA)
for other plausible factors. The Guide_Care Service project seeks to bridge this research gap by exploring the role of services factors (e.g. Services provision, proximity, capacity, utilisation and need) on place of death. If you would like more information please visit our webpage http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/research/divisions/cicelysaunders/research/studies/ guidecare.apx Contact us on: routinedata@kcl.ac.uk
Q. Duration of Project? A. July 2015 - March 2018 Q. Who are the principal investigators? A. This project is led by Dr Gao Wei and Professor Irene Higginson and the research team at the Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London, UK
Place of Death
Hospices
Guide Care Services
Hospitals
Care homes
Elsewhere
Health Services Factors
Guide Care Services (Geographical Understanding of variations in place of death) Workforce
Utilisation
Guide_Care Services is a national population-based study that examines the role of
Provision
Needs
Proximity
Capacity
Deprivation
Settlement
Patients Characteristics
service factors on place of death in England, United Kingdom. Where people die is an important quality indicator of End-of-Life care. The majority of decedents would prefer
Age
Gender
Marital
to die at home or in a home-like environment (e.g. Hospices), where they can benefit from specialist palliative care services or support from caregivers (e.g. friends and family members). However, hospital remains the most common place of death. Results
Diseases
Region
FAQ: Q. Who is the major sponsor or funding body for this project? A. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
of a systematic review showed that environmental factors - such as the characteristics of the health care system play an important role in the choice of place of death. In
Q. What type of data is used for this study? A. Individual level death data and healthcare services datasets
addition, a previous project (The Guide_Care) explored the impact of patient’s characteristics (e.g. age, marital status, and social economic status, disease type etc.) on place of death. However, these only accounted for less than a quarter of the factors
that influences the choice of place of death, hence prompting a further investigation
Q. Who are your main data providers? A. Office for National Statistics (ONS), Care Quality Commission (CQC), National End of life Care Intelligence Network (NEoLCIN), London Cancer Alliance (LCA)
for other plausible factors. The Guide_Care Service project seeks to bridge this research gap by exploring the role of services factors (e.g. Services provision, proximity, capacity, utilisation and need) on place of death. If you would like more information please visit our webpage http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lsm/research/divisions/cicelysaunders/research/studies/ guidecare.apx Contact us on: routinedata@kcl.ac.uk
Q. Duration of Project? A. July 2015 - March 2018 Q. Who are the principal investigators? A. This project is led by Dr Gao Wei and Professor Irene Higginson and the research team at the Cicely Saunders Institute, King’s College London, UK