Place of death and hospital care for children who died of cancer in England, 1999-2006.
AIM: To describe patterns of hospital care and to evaluate factors influencing place of death for children who died after a diagnosis of cancer in England during 1999-2006. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Registrations of children on the National Registry of Childhood Tumours (NRCT) who were diagnosed with...
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| author | Shah, A Diggens, N Stiller, C Murphy, D Passmore, J Murphy, M |
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| description | AIM: To describe patterns of hospital care and to evaluate factors influencing place of death for children who died after a diagnosis of cancer in England during 1999-2006. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Registrations of children on the National Registry of Childhood Tumours (NRCT) who were diagnosed with cancer and died during 1999-2006 in England were linked to the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and to death certificates. Multivariable logistic modelling was used to assess factors that influence dying at home or in hospital. RESULTS: 1864 (96%) of children with cancer registrations were linked to HES records. The validation of hospital as a place of death and ethnicity between data sources was good, although anomalies within HES data exist. Similar proportions of children are dying at home (45%) and in hospital (47%), and the percentage dying in a hospice or care home increased from 2% to 10%. Of the children who died in hospital, 74% were admitted as emergencies or as a transfer from another hospital. Greater proportions of children were diagnosed with a leukaemia or lymphoma, those dying within six months of diagnosis, Asian and Black children, those from a deprived background and those not treated in a CCLG centre died in a hospital. CONCLUSIONS: Patterns of hospital care varied considerably by type of cancer, death within six months of diagnosis, ethnicity and deprivation. Further research is required to elucidate explanations for these patterns and to evaluate methods to increase the proportion of children dying at home who wish to do so. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:5410570c-0de6-46c4-b51a-0687fa65665b2022-03-26T16:35:33ZPlace of death and hospital care for children who died of cancer in England, 1999-2006.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:5410570c-0de6-46c4-b51a-0687fa65665bEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2011Shah, ADiggens, NStiller, CMurphy, DPassmore, JMurphy, M AIM: To describe patterns of hospital care and to evaluate factors influencing place of death for children who died after a diagnosis of cancer in England during 1999-2006. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Registrations of children on the National Registry of Childhood Tumours (NRCT) who were diagnosed with cancer and died during 1999-2006 in England were linked to the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) and to death certificates. Multivariable logistic modelling was used to assess factors that influence dying at home or in hospital. RESULTS: 1864 (96%) of children with cancer registrations were linked to HES records. The validation of hospital as a place of death and ethnicity between data sources was good, although anomalies within HES data exist. Similar proportions of children are dying at home (45%) and in hospital (47%), and the percentage dying in a hospice or care home increased from 2% to 10%. Of the children who died in hospital, 74% were admitted as emergencies or as a transfer from another hospital. Greater proportions of children were diagnosed with a leukaemia or lymphoma, those dying within six months of diagnosis, Asian and Black children, those from a deprived background and those not treated in a CCLG centre died in a hospital. CONCLUSIONS: Patterns of hospital care varied considerably by type of cancer, death within six months of diagnosis, ethnicity and deprivation. Further research is required to elucidate explanations for these patterns and to evaluate methods to increase the proportion of children dying at home who wish to do so. |
| spellingShingle | Shah, A Diggens, N Stiller, C Murphy, D Passmore, J Murphy, M Place of death and hospital care for children who died of cancer in England, 1999-2006. |
| title | Place of death and hospital care for children who died of cancer in England, 1999-2006. |
| title_full | Place of death and hospital care for children who died of cancer in England, 1999-2006. |
| title_fullStr | Place of death and hospital care for children who died of cancer in England, 1999-2006. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Place of death and hospital care for children who died of cancer in England, 1999-2006. |
| title_short | Place of death and hospital care for children who died of cancer in England, 1999-2006. |
| title_sort | place of death and hospital care for children who died of cancer in england 1999 2006 |
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