Reasons for not admitting or discharging	Not admitted in hospital (n=46) %	Admitted, but discharged (n=23) %	Total home deaths (n=69) %
No hope for cure	28.3	52.2	36.2
Unable to bear cost	17.4	17.4	17.4
Misjudge severity of illness	21.7	4.3	15.9
Not enough time to decide and shift	19.6	4.3	14.5
None to accompany or care in hospital	6.5	8.6	5.8
Patient refused to be in hospital	6.5	4.3	5.8
Not sick or got cure	0.0	8.7	2.9
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0