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Table 2 Indicators for the adoption of a palliative care approach (n = 99)

From: Palliative care need and management in the acute hospital setting: a census of one New Zealand Hospital

Indicators of palliative approach

Frequency

%

Missing data

Evidence of ACP

1

1.0

7

Placed on Liverpool Care Pathway

9

9.1

7

Referred to Hospital Palliative Care

32

32.3

4

Prescription of repeated long term opiates

20

20.2

7

Use of a syringe driver

10

10.1

7

Palliative care alert hospital

11

11.1

7

Palliative care alert hospice

15

15.2

8

Resuscitation status (respiratory)

56

56.6

12

Resuscitation status (cardiac)

17

17.2

10