Place of death outcomes of home ventilation patients in Singapore: a retrospective cohort study using a linked database

Singapore’s Home Ventilation and Respiratory Support Service (HVRSS) provides care for patients with chronic respiratory failure needing long-term home ventilation. Currently, data on the distribution of places of death (PODs) among these patients is lacking. We examined the distribution of POD among deceased HVRSS patients over a 10-year period and explored clinical factors potentially associated with specific death locations. Additionally, we assessed the agreement between patients’ preferred POD (PPOD), as documented in Advance Care Planning (ACP), and their actual POD.