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Table 10 Documented corticosteroid reviews

From: Corticosteroid prescribing in palliative care settings: a retrospective analysis in New Zealand

Facility (Number of patients)

Number of reviews documented (%)

Hospice 1 (70)

46 (65.7%)

Hospice 2 (50)

28 (56%)

Hospice 3 (40)*

11* (27.5%)

Hospice 4 (24)

11 (45.8%)

Hospice 5 (31)

14 (45.2%)

Hospice 6 (45)

25 (55.5%)

Total (260)

135 mean (s.d.): 52% (13.1%)

  1. *Hospice 3 used a separate corticosteroid dosing sheet on which the reducing regimen was written; as a consequence, a smaller percentage of reviews were documented in the notes.