In the health centres, 7 days before death the mean defined daily dose (DDD) was 1.78 (standard deviation, SD=2.15) for SO, 0.12 (SD=0.32) for WO, 0.90 (SD=0.90) for NSAID, (p=0.012), and 2.80 (SD=2.38) for APM.
In the hospice, 7 days before death the mean DDD was 1.14 (SD=1.80) for SO, 0.34 (SD=0.55) for WO, 0.28 (SD=0.65) for NSAID, (p=0.012), and 1.77 (SD=1.79) for APM.
In the health centres, 1 day before death the mean DDD was 2.35 (S=2.67) for SO, 0.09 (SD=0.15) for WO, (p=0.038), 0.36 (SD=0.63) for NSAID, and 2.80 (SD=2.83) for APM.
In the hospice, 1 day before death the mean DDD was 1.62 (SD=1.66) for SO, 0.25 (SD=0.46) for WO, (p=0.038), 0.21 (SD=0.53) for NSAID, and 2.08 (SD=1.63) for APM.
The mean pain score in the second to last week was 3.01 (SD=2.05) at the health centre, and 3.19 (SD=2.14)at the hospice.
The mean pain score in the last week was 3.08 (SD=2.35) at the health centre and 3.04 (SD=2.31) at the hospice.