GHSFs designated as sites of death (n = 698)

GHSFs not designated (n = 156)

p-value^a

Notification facilities: standard type (number, %)

456

(94.0)

153

(98.1)

0.04

Primary or affiliate medical institutes (number, %)

Hospital

421

(60.3)

99

(63.5)

0.47

Clinic with beds

67

(9.6)

9

(5.8)

0.13

Clinic without beds

110

(15.8)

10

(6.4)

<0.01

Independence

127

(18.2)

43

(27.6)

<0.01

Other services for elderly persons (number, %)

Day-care

612

(87.7)

131

(84.0)

0.21

Short-stay

492

(70.5)

116

(74.4)

0.33

In-home care management office

432

(61.9)

104

(66.7)

0.27

Location (number, %)

Hokkaido∙Tohoku

121

(17.3)

34

(21.8)

0.08

Kanto∙Koushinetsu

195

(27.9)

46

(29.5)

Hokuriku∙Tokai

92

(13.2)

18

(11.5)

Kinki

95

(13.6)

22

(14.1)

Chugoku∙Shikoku

113

(16.2)

22

(14.1)

Kyusyu∙Okinawa

82

(11.8)

14

(9.0)

Basic policy on end-of-life care (number, %)

562

(80.5)

41

(26.3)

<0.01

Preference documented (number, %)

533

(76.4)

51

(32.7)

<0.01

p-value^b

Number of beds (number, M ± SD)

92.8 ± 29.2

90.05 ± 30.62

0.23

Average care-need levels (level, M ± SD)

3.3 ± 0.4

3.23 ± 0.36

0.04

Average return-to-home rates (%, M ± SD)

24.9 ± 21.4

23.75 ± 17.98

0.53

Average number of deaths at the facilities (people, M ± SD)

9.1 ± 8.5

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