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Table 3 Demographics of Community PedsCare clients* (2000–2006). Cost and Utilization Study

From: Community-based pediatric palliative care for health related quality of life, hospital utilization and costs lessons learned from a pilot study

Client characteristics (n = 48)

Client frequency

Percent

Client palliative care enrollment status:

 Number of clients enrolled in Community PedsCare who utilized the hospital post enrollment

28

58 %

 Number of clients enrolled in Community PedsCare who were not hospitalized post enrollment

20

42 %

Days in the program as of 7/1/07:

 180-365

18

38 %

 >365

30

62 %

Gender:

 Female

32

67 %

 Male

16

33 %

Race:

 Black

9

19 %

 White

32

67 %

 Hispanic

6

13 %

 Other

1

2 %

  1. Data Source: Community Hospice of Northeast Florida Prepared by the Institute for Health, Policy and Evaluation Research