Conversely, deaths occurring at home showed a decreasing trend before COVID-19, with −4.6 (APC, 95% CI: −6.7, −2.4), but shifted to an increasing trend afterward, with 2.7 (APC, 95% CI: −1.5, 7.2), with the change in trend between the two periods being statistically significant ( Table 3 ).
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Trends in mortality of the WHO-recommended diseases for palliative care in the Republic of Korea, 2014-2023.
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For all deaths, the trend was decreasing before COVID-19, with −1.5 (APC, 95% CI: −3.3, 0.2), but shifted to an increasing trend afterward, with 2.9 (APC, 95% CI: −0.5, 6.3); however, the difference in APC between the two periods was not statistically significant.