Use of hospital palliative care according to the place of death and disease one year before death in 2013: a French national observational study.

Background: Only limited data are available concerning the diseases managed before death and hospital palliative care (HPC) use according to place of death in France. We therefore conducted an observational study based on administrative health data in a large population to identify the diseases treated one year before death in 2013, the place of stay with or without hospital palliative care, and the place of death.

Methods: French health insurance general scheme beneficiaries were identified in the National Health data Information System (Snds) with a selection of information.