Background characteristics of patients
| Age years | |
| Mean (SD) | 76.5(12) |
| Median | 77 |
| Range (min–max) | 28–104 |
| Sex n (%) | |
| Female | 566 (50) |
| Male | 565 (50) |
| Place of death n (%) | |
| Specialist palliative inpatient care | 478 (42.3) |
| Home with support from specialised palliative home-care team | 391 (34.6) |
| Nursing home—permanent stay/ short-term stay | 181 (16) |
| Hospital: ward/patient facility/ICU (not hospice/palliative inpatient care) | 22 (1.9) |
| Home with support from healthcare team without palliative specialisation | 45 (4.0) |
| Other | 14 (1.2) |
| Cause of death n (%)* | |
| Cancer | 835 (73.8) |
| Cardiovascular disease | 179 (15.8) |
| Dementia | 91 (8.0) |
*It was possible to answer multiple diagnoses as cause of death.
ICU, intensive care unit.