Places of death from XXXX in a rural location.

@entity1 @entity0 @entity5
BACKGROUND: Most @entity1 would like to die at home, however, this wish still cannot be realized to any satisfactory extent. Provision of qualified palliative care can increase the death rate at home. Distribution of places of death of @entity5 @entity1 in rural locations and possible factors influencing this distribution are still unknown. @entity1 AND METHODS: We retrospectively evaluated the data relating to death certificates of @entity5 @entity1 issued between 1997 and 2003 by the administrative district S  chsische Schweiz'. RESULTS: In small-town and rural locations, the places of death from @entity5 were equally distributed among hospital and home. @entity1 living in a rural location and diagnosed as having @entity0 were more likely to die at home. Since 2001, the number of @entity0 @entity1 dying at home has been increasing. CONCLUSIONS: Rural locations provide favorable conditions for home deaths. High therapy costs and transfer of expensive therapies away from hospitals into the outpatient therapy sector appear to have an effect on the place where @entity1 are finally cared for and where they eventually die. This circumstance meets the wishes of most @entity1 and leads to a relevant cost saving for the healthcare system. An effective and rigorous health and economic policy is necessary in order to realize an extensive home care for terminally ill @entity1 .
