Table 6 Referral patterns according to SPC services available
Referral to SPC according to available SPC Services available | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Palliative care services available | ||||
All (Hospital based PC teams, outpatient, inpatient) (N = 27) | Some (N = 21) | None (N = 2) | P-value exact test | |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
Palliative care referral for all patients | ||||
No | 23 (85.2) | 19 (90.5) | 2 (100.0) | 0.7552 |
Yes | 4 (14.8) | 2 (9.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
Palliative care referral for symptomatic patients | ||||
No | 20 (74.1) | 18 (85.7) | 2 (100.0) | 0.5735 |
Yes | 7 (25.9) | 3 (14.3) | 0 (0.0) | |
Palliative care referral for all patients with diffiuclt to control symptoms | ||||
No | 3 (11.1) | 7 (33.3) | 2 (100.0) | 0.0060 |
Yes | 24 (88.9) | 14 (66.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
Palliative care referral for outpatient review if no more treatment options available | ||||
No | 15 (55.6) | 8 (38.1) | 2 (100.0) | 0.1676 |
Yes | 12 (44.4) | 13 (61.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
Palliative care referral directly to the hospice if no more treatment options available | ||||
No | 19 (70.4) | 18 (85.7) | 2 (100.0) | 0.3331 |
Yes | 8 (29.6) | 3 (14.3) | 0 (0.0) | |