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Table 2 Overall and institution type specific odds of admittance to SPC for Danish cancer patients, mutually adjusted

From: Is admittance to specialised palliative care among cancer patients related to sex, age and cancer diagnosis? A nation-wide study from the Danish Palliative Care Database (DPD)

 

Overall admittance to SPC

Admittance to hospital-based palliative care team/unit

Admittance to hospice

Admittance to both hospital-based palliative care team/unit and hospice

 

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Sex

(P < 0.001)

(P < 0.033)

(P < 0.001)

(P < 0.001)

 Women

1.23 (1.17–1.28)

1.06 (1.00–1.11)

1.45 (1.37–1.54)

1.34 (1.23–1.47)

 Men

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

Age (years)

(P < 0.001)

(P < 0.001)

(P < 0.001)

(P < 0.001)

 18–39

6.44 (5.19–7.99)

6.81 (5.53–8.38)

3.17 (2.54–3.97)

6.73 (5.08–8.93)

 40–49

4.60 (4.09–5.18)

4.80 (4.26–5.41)

2.90 (2.54–3.31)

5.64 (4.72–6.74)

 50–59

3.22 (3.00–3.47)

3.48 (3.22–3.76)

2.13 (1.94–2.32)

3.63 (3.16–4.17)

 60–69

2.46 (2.32–2.60)

2.56 (2.41–2.73)

1.89 (1.76–2.03)

2.80 (2.49–3.16)

 70–79

1.80 (1.70–1.89)

1.86 (1.75–1.97)

1.52 (1.42–1.64)

1.97 (1.74–2.22)

 80+

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

Diagnosis (cancer site)

(P < 0.001)

(P < 0.001)

(P < 0.001)

(P < 0.001)

 Oral cavity, nasopharyngeal (etc.) (C00–C14)

0.95 (0.83–1.09)

1.07 (0.93–1.23)

0.94 (0.79–1.12)

1.23 (0.97–1.55)

 Oesophageal (C15)

1.34 (1.18–1.52)

1.36 (1.19–1.56)

1.09 (0.93–1.29)

1.08 (0.85–1.38)

 Stomach (C16)

1.69 (1.50–1.90)

1.63 (1.44–1.85)

1.50 (1.30–1.73)

1.67 (1.37–2.04)

 Small intestine (C17)

1.23 (0.89–1.68)

1.34 (0.96–1.87)

1.07 (0.72–1.59)

1.31 (0.75–2.29)

 Colorectal (C18–C20)

1.13 (1.05–1.22)

1.16 (1.07–1.26)

1.09 (0.99–1.19)

1.18 (1.03–1.35)

 Liver (etc.) (C22)

0.92 (0.80–1.07)

0.91 (0.77–1.07)

0.83 (0.68–1.02)

0.59 (0.42–0.84)

 Pancreatic (C25)

1.77 (1.61–1.94)

1.59 (1.44–1.75)

1.47 (1.31–1.64)

1.31 (1.11–1.54)

 Laryngeal (C32)

0.75 (0.58–0.97)

0.82 (0.62–1.08)

0.80 (0.57–1.13)

0.93 (0.57–1.53)

 Tracheal, bronchial and lung (C33–C34)

1.16 (1.09–1.23)

1.15 (1.07–1.23)

1.12 (1.03–1.21)

1.12 (1.00–1.25)

 Melanoma skin cancer (C43)

1.46 (1.26–1.69)

1.31 (1.12–1.54)

1.52 (1.28–1.81)

1.53 (1.19–1.96)

 Sarcoma (C46–C49)

1.90 (1.52–2.38)

1.74 (1.39–2.19)

1.54 (1.20–1.98)

1.58 (1.12–2.23)

 Breast (C50)

0.96 (0.88–1.05)

0.99 (0.90–1.09)

0.94 (0.84–1.04)

0.93 (0.79–1.08)

 Cervical (C53)

1.10 (0.87–1.39)

1.06 (0.83–1.36)

1.30 (1.00–1.69)

1.43 (1.01–2.03)

 Uterine (C54–55)

1.35 (1.13–1.62)

1.36 (1.11–1.66)

1.16 (0.93–1.45)

1.15 (0.82–1.62)

 Ovarian (etc.) (C56,C570–C574)

1.57 (1.38–1.78)

1.38 (1.20–1.58)

1.56 (1.35–1.80)

1.52 (1.23–1.86)

 Prostate (C61)

1.32 (1.21–1.44)

1.54 (1.40–1.69)

1.04 (0.93–1.18)

1.58 (1.34–1.87)

 Testicular (C62)

0.50 (0.26–0.99)

0.68 (0.34–1.37)

0.63 (0.25–1.56)

1.11 (0.40–3.06)

 Kidney (etc.) (C64–C66)

1.46 (1.28–1.66)

1.49 (1.30–1.71)

1.19 (1.01–1.40)

1.28 (1.01–1.63)

 Bladder (C67)

1.04 (0.92–1.17)

1.13 (0.99–1.29)

0.92 (0.78–1.08)

1.06 (0.83–1.35)

 Brain/CNS (C70–C71, C751–C753)a

1.05 (0.98–1.17)

0.85 (0.75–0.97)

1.30 (1.13–1.49)

0.97 (0.78–1.20)

 Thyroid (C73)

1.54 (1.07–2.22)

1.49 (1.01–2.20)

1.29 (0.83–2.00)

1.25 (0.64–2.43)

 Unknown primary cancer (C76–C80)

0.93 (0.83–1.04)

0.89 (0.79–1.00)

0.99 (0.86–1.13)

0.86 (0.69–1.07)

 Hodgkin disease (C81)

0.33 (0.17–0.63)

0.37 (0.18–0.77)

0.52 (0.23–1.17)

0.65 (0.21–2.03)

 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (C82–C85)

0.49 (0.42–0.60)

0.41 (0.33–0.51)

0.70 (0.56–0.87)

0.50 (0.33–0.74)

 Multiple myeloma (C 90)

0.50 (0.42–0.61)

0.52 (0.42–0.65)

0.55 (0.42–0.72)

0.46 (0.28–0.73)

 Leukemia (C91–C95)

0.34 (0.29–0.40)

0.29 (0.23–0.35)

0.47 (0.38–0.58)

0.18 (0.10–0.30)

 Other cancer (all other C codes)

0.91 (0.83–1.00)

0.96 (0.87–1.07)

0.90 (0,80–1,02)

0.99 (0,83–1,19)

 Average of all diagnoses

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

1 (ref)

  1. aIncluding the following D-codes: D32, D42, D330–332, D352–354, D430–432, D443–445, D333–339 and D433–439