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Table 4 Emergency department visits or hospitalizations by HPC home care clients

From: Predictors of emergency room visits or acute hospital admissions prior to death among hospice palliative care clients in Ontario: a retrospective cohort study

Characteristics

 

% (n)

Emergency room visits or acute hospital admissions

0

 

47.8 (365)

1+

 

52.2 (399)

ED Visits

0

 

50.6 (387)

1

 

30.9 (236)

2

 

11.8 (90)

3+ (max of 11)

 

6.7 (51)

 

Day of week presenting to ED

 
 

Monday

17.8 (67)

 

Tuesday

11.6 (44)

 

Wednesday

13.5 (51)

 

Thursday

18.0 (68)

 

Friday

16.7 (63)

 

Saturday

11.6 (44)

 

Sunday

10.6 (40)

 

Time of ED visit

 
 

Midnight to 8 am

22.0 (83)

 

8 am to 4 pm

57.8 (218)

 

4 pm to Midnight

20.2 (76)

 

Died in ED

 
 

No

94.7 (357)

 

Yes

5.3 (20)

Admissions

0

 

59.9 (458)

1

 

29.2 (223)

2

 

8.5 (65)

3+ (max of 6)

 

2.3 (18)

 

Died during admission

 
 

No

39.9 (122)

 

Yes

60.1 (184)