Abstract
The object of this study is to set up the guide line on the regional planning of palliative care facilities for the cancer patients. The first survey was carried out on the all cancer patients in Tohoku region etc. by annual epidemiologic statistics. The second was on admitting, surgical, operating and dying of cancer patients in hospitals by annual cancer registration report of Miyagi Prefecture. The third was on the cancer patients in the district central general hospitals. The main results of this study are abstracted as follows ; (1) There are differences in mortality rate and number of death by cancer in each catchment area of health care. (2) In general, terminal care patients are admitting to district central general hospital in each catchment area of health care, in where they are living. (3) Palliative care facilities ought to be set to in each catchment area of health care. (4) Area-wide planning of palliative care facilities were showed as actual several cases in Tohoku region.
