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The Incidence of Place of Death in Greek Patients with Cancer in 1995 and 2005

Pain Relief and Palliative Care Unit, Department of Radiology, Areteion Hospital, mistakidou{at}yahoo.com

Efi Parpa, BA, MA

Pain Relief and Palliative Care Unit, Department of Radiology, Areteion Hospital

Eleni Tsilika, BSc, MSc

Pain Relief and Palliative Care Unit, Department of Radiology, Areteion Hospital

Irene Panagiotou, MD, PhD

Pain Relief and Palliative Care Unit, Department of Radiology, Areteion Hospital

Antonis Galanos, MA, PhD

Pain Relief and Palliative Care Unit, Department of Radiology, Areteion Hospital

Marinos Tsiatas, MD, PhD

Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Alexandra Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Athens

Pavlos Theodorakis, MD, MSc, Dipl SHTM, PhD

National Counterpart in WHO Europe for Mental Health Athens, Greece

Purpose: To describe where (home or hospital) patients with cancer die in Greece, in 1995 and 2005. Methods: We used data from patients with cancer, who died in Greece in 1995 and 2005, and we studied the location changes of death in the 3 major geographical areas of Greece (Macedonia: North Greece, Central Greece, and Crete: South Greece). Results: In Central Greece and Crete, death incidences for 60 to 69, 70 to 79, and 80+ age groups decreased from 1995 to 2005. In Crete, in 1995, male and female death incidences for 80+ age group dying at home was higher than the corresponding one dying in hospital. Conclusion: It seemed that in Greece, more cancer patients are dying in hospitals. Geographical and socioeconomic criteria might affect the place of death of a patient with cancer.

Key Words: death incidences • cancer • Greece

This version was published on October 1, 2009

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Vol. 26, No. 5, 347-353 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1049909109333932


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