Factors Influencing Home Death in a Japanese Metropolitan Region

Table 2

The number of patients.

	Total,	No. patients (%)		𝑃 value
	𝑛=166	Single, 𝑛=91	Multiple, 𝑛=75
Total patients	15027 (100.0)	2105 (14.0)	12922 (86.0)	.001
Total patients per one clinic^a	98.9 ± 277.6 (0–2561)	25.1 ± 39.8 (0–229)	192.9 ± 397.7 (0–2561)
Total patients per one physician^a	35.0 ± 75.4 (0–640)	25.1 ± 39.8 (0–228)	47.4 ± 103.2 (0–640)	.098
Patients who died at home	1083 (100.0)	221 (20.4)	863 (79.6)	<.001
Patients who died at home per one clinic^a	7.0 ± 16.0 (0–161)	2.5 ± 4.5 (0–27)	12.7 ± 22.5 (0–161)
Patients who died at home per one physician^a	2.6 ± 4.2 (0–27)	2.5 ± 4.5 (0–27)	2.8 ± 3.7 (0–20)	.730
Patients living alone	11.4 ± 36.2 (0–370)	2.9 ± 6,9 (0–50)	22.9 ± 53.1 (0–370)	.005
Patients living alone who died at home (yes)	38 (25.7)	15 (17.6)	23 (36.5)	.013
Home death rate, %^a,b	12.3 ± 16.0	12.3 ± 24.0	12.2 ± 14.2	.985

Student’s t-test, ^amean ± SD (range), ^b(patients who died at home/total patients) * 100.