Factors affecting the decision of cancer patients to be cared for at home or in hospital.

Community health care and, more specifically, home health care are major developments over recent years. In many European countries there has been serious debate on the necessity of home care, the importance of this type of health care for the patient and family, and those factors influencing patient choice with regard to health care at home or in hospital. This question of choice between home and hospital care forms the basis of this piece of research, the aim of which is to examine the biosocial factors that influence the decision of cancer patients in Greece to choose health care at home or in hospital.