Table 2 Mean Palliative Care Patient Service Utilization by Gender: 1992/93 – 1998/99
| Â | Annual GP visits | Annual specialist visits | Nights spent in hospital annually | Monthly hours of home support | Monthly home nursing care visits | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F |
1992/93 | 19.2 | 21.3 | 14.3 | 19.4 | 99.9 | 106.7 | 15.3 | 26.0 | 23.0 | 29.8 |
1993/94 | 15.0 | 15.7 | 13.8 | 13.3 | 102.9 | 185.5 | 21.9** | 31.0 | 25.7** | 26.7 |
1994/95 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 136.6 | 172.3 | 24.6 | 30.9 | 19.7 | 22.0 |
1995/96 | 15.3 | 14.9 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 139.1 | 176.0 | 24.9 | 26.9 | 21.5 | 22.5 |
1996/97 | 12.8 | 13.9 | 11.9* | 14.6 | 138.1 | 211.4 | 26.2* | 30.5 | 19.5 | 24.0 |
1997/98 | 6.8 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 205.9 | 313.4 | 31.8** | 28.2 | 23.1 | 25.3 |
1998/99 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 117.9 | 150.1 | 18.9 | 27.4 | 17.3 | 21.7 |