Significant Reduction in Deaths in Hospital Over a Decade in an Increasingly Elderly Population Dying From Pelvic Cancer in England: A Population Based Study

Abstract

Background: In England more than 70% of people prefer to die at home. 29% of all deaths have an underlying cause of cancer during 2004-2013. Pelvic cancer (Gynaecological, urological and colorectal) accounts for 18.6% of all cancer deaths. This group of patients have overlapping speciality care needs and similar complications which could lead to multiple hospital admissions and hence many die in hospital. Many people do not receive care which meets their individual needs including where they prefer to die.