Transitions in care during the end of life: changes experienced following enrolment in a comprehensive palliative care program

Table 2 Location or site / care movements: a summary of the number of transitions made by all patients by location change

Location / care changing FROM	Location / care changing TO Number of all transitions (%)
	PCP inpatient unit	All other acute care units	Home	Home with NSCC care	Long term care	Total
PCP inpatient unit	120¹ (26.1)	28 (6.1)	301 (65.4)	0	11 (2.4)	460 (7.8)
All other acute care units	184 (7.2)	350² (13.7)	1899 (74.5)	73 (2.9)	44 (1.8)	2550 (43.2)
Home	628 (32.1)	897 (45.8)	199³ (10.2)	206 (10.5)	29 (1.5)	1959 (33.2)
Home (with NSCC care)	93 (10.4)	290 (32.3)	504 (56.1)	9³ (1.0)	2 (0.22)	898 (15.2)
Long term care	3 (9.1)	10 (30.3)	14 (42.4)	0	6³ (18.2)	33 (0.6)
Total	1028 (17.4)	1575 (26.7)	2914 (49.4)	288 (4.9)	92 (1.6)	5900⁴ (100)

Site/care movements from and to the same location were evident.
¹ The patient was admitted under the PCP but placed in a bed elsewhere in the hospital while waiting transfer to the inpatient PCP unit. The movement in this situation reflects a physical location change from within the acute care facility to the PCP inpatient unit. It does not represent a change in care.
²Site movements across different acute care units are captured here.
³Each of these same site movements reflect a change in 'active' care status to 'non-active' care status or vice versa. 'Active' care is defined as care provided to a patient by PCP staff. 'Non-active' care refers to care being provided by individuals not associated with the PCP program.
⁴Three transition records were missing site information

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