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Table 2 Comparison of quality indicators of end-of-life cancer care in the last month

From: Effect of hospice care on quality indicators of end-of-life care among patients with liver cancer: a national longitudinal population-based study in Taiwan 2000–2011

Variables

Total

Non-H group

Short-H group

Long-H group

p-value

p-value for trend test

N (%)

3092(100 %)

2630(85.1 %)

325(10.5 %)

137(4.4 %)

  

ICU admission

580(18.8 %)

548(20.8 %)

22(6.8 %)

10(7.3 %)

<0.001

<0.001

CPR

613(19.8 %)

595(22.6 %)

9(2.8 %)

9(6.6 %)

<0.001

<0.001

More than one ER visit

153(4.9 %)

120(4.6 %)

29(8.9 %)

4(2.9 %)

0.003

0.217

More than one admission(>1)

695(22.5 %)

556(21.1 %)

103(31.7 %)

36(26.3 %)

<0.001

<0.001

Death in acute care wards

1182(38.2 %)

1182(44.9 %)

0

0

-

-

Death in hospice ward

302(9.8 %)

0

221(68.0 %)

81(59.1 %)

-

-

Anti-cancer therapy

      

 Chemotherapy

61(2.0 %)

49(1.9 %)

9(2.8 %)

3(2.2 %)

0.459

0.406

 TACE

128(4.1 %)

117(4.4 %)

7(2.2 %)

4(2.9 %)

0.117

0.074

 HAIC

37(1.2 %)

30(1.1 %)

6(1.8 %)

1(0.7 %)

0.496

0.781

 PEI

10(0.3 %)

10(0.4 %)

0

0

0.755

0.215

 RFA

11(0.4 %)

11(0.4 %)

0

0

0.771

0.193

 Radiotherapy

157(5.1 %)

119(4.5 %)

25(7.7 %)

13(9.5 %)

0.004

0.001

Ever anti-cancer therapy

348(11.3 %)

288(11.0 %)

41(12.6 %)

19(13.9 %)

0.362

0.183

  1. Abbreviations: Non-H group, patients who did not receive hospice care; Long-H group, patients who received hospice care for longer than 1 month; Short-H group, patients who received hospice care for a period shorter than 1 month; ICU, intensive care unit; CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ER, emergency room; TACE, transarterial chemoembolizations; HAIC, hepatic arterial infusion chemotherapy; PEI, percutaneous ethanol injection; RFA: radiofrequency ablation