From: Euthanasia and other end-of-life decisions: a mortality follow-back study in Belgium
Place of death | Home or care home | Hospital or palliative care unit | ||||||||
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 | Dutch-speaking | French-speaking |  | Dutch-speaking | French-speaking |  | ||||
 | N | % | N | % | OR [95%CI]a | N | % | N | % | OR [95%CI]a |
Euthanasia/assisted suicidec | 8 | 1.6 | 4 | 1.1 | 1.41 [0.42–4.71] | 8 | 1.6 | 2 | 0.7 | 2.28 [0.48–10.82] |
Administering life-ending drugs without explicit patient request | 10 | 2.0 | 7 | 2.0 | 1.00 [0.38–2.66] | 7 | 1.4 | 2 | 0.7 | 1.99 [0.41–9.65] |
Intensified alleviation of symptoms taking life-shortening into account | 155 | 30.9 | 95 | 27.1 | 1.23 [0.95–1.60] | 112 | 22.1 | 57 | 19.9 | 1.14 [0.80–1.63] |
Intensified alleviation of symptoms with partly life-shortening intent | 18 | 3.6 | 5 | 1.4 | 2.47 [1.06–5.75] b | 10 | 2.0 | 3 | 1.1 | 1.90 [0.52–6.97] |
Non-treatment taking life-shortening into account | 54 | 10.8 | 30 | 8.6 | 1.30 [0.81–2.11] | 31 | 6.1 | 12 | 4.2 | 1.49 [0.75–2.95] |
Non-treatment with explicit life-shortening intent | 51 | 10.2 | 18 | 5.1 | 2.20 [1.24–3.91] | 41 | 8.1 | 29 | 10.1 | 0.78 [0.47–1.29] |
Total ELD | 296 | 59.1 | 159 | 45.3 | 1.80 [1.36–2.40] | 209 | 41.3 | 105 | 36.7 | 1.16 [0.85–1.57] |
All sedation | 22 | 4.4 | 29 | 8.2 | 0.51 [0.29–0.91] | 60 | 12.0 | 66 | 23.7 | 0.45 [0.30–0.66] |
Continuous deep sedation forgoing food/fluid | 16 | 3.2 | 20 | 5.7 | 0.58 [0.33–1.02] b | 20 | 4.0 | 17 | 6.1 | 0.64 [0.33–1.24] |
Continuous deep sedation administrating food/fluid | 6 | 1.2 | 9 | 2.6 | 0.45 [0.16–1.29] | 40 | 8.0 | 49 | 17.6 | 0.42 [0.26–0.66] |