Table 5 Subsequent activity and follow up data, according to primary diagnosis
Patients interviews with PCCT | Total (N = 744) | Cancer (N = 504) | Other (N = 235) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | (%)a | N | (%)a | N | (%)a | |
(n = 734) | (n = 498) | (n = 233) | ||||
Once | 177 | (24.1) | 110 | (22.1) | 66 | (28.3) |
2 to 5 | 340 | (46.3) | 220 | (44.2) | 119 | (51.1) |
6 to 10 | 121 | (16.5) | 90 | (18.1) | 30 | (12.9) |
11 or more | 96 | (13.1) | 78 | (15.7) | 18 | (7.7) |
Interviews with relatives | 398 | (54.7) | 280 | (56.6) | 118 | (51.5) |
Referral to home care services | 64 | (9.0) | 54 | (9.9) | 10 | (4.4) |
Discharge to PCU | 184 | (32.5) | 136 | (36.6) | 46 | (24.2) |
No follow up activity after initial interventionsc | 155 | (20.8) | 112 | (22.5) | 42 | (17.9) |
Survival after 1st intervention of PCCT (days)b | ||||||
median (Q1-Q3) | 22 | (5–82) | 31 | (8–107) | 9 | (3–34) |
Rate of death,% (± SD) at 3 days | 18.0 | (1.5) | 14.5 | (1.6) | 25.9 | (2.3) |
at 7 days | 30.3 | (1.8) | 23.4 | (2.0) | 45.1 | (3.4) |
at 30 days | 57.1 | (2.0) | 49.9 | (2.4) | 72.7 | (3.2) |
Number of decedents at the end of follow up | 548 | (73.7) | 358 | (71.0) | 186 | (79.1) |
Place of death | (n = 543) | (n = 354) | (n = 185) | |||
Acute care hospital | 259 | (47.9) | 169 | (47.7) | 90 | (48.6) |
Emergency room | 9 | (1. 7) | 4 | (1.1) | 5 | (2.7) |
Intensive care unit | 10 | (1.9) | 3 | (0.8) | 7 | (3.8) |
Private hospital | 3 | (0.6) | 3 | (0.8) | 0 | - |
Total acute care hospital | 281 | (51.7) | 179 | (50.6) | 102 | (55.1) |
Rehabilitation center | 60 | (11.1) | 32 | (9.0) | 28 | (15.1) |
Long term care hospital | 5 | (0.9) | 1 | (0.3) | 3 | (1.6) |
PCU | 163 | (30.1) | 120 | (33.9) | 41 | (22.2) |
Home or retirement home | 25 | (4.8) | 20 | (5.7) | 5 | (2.7) |
Other or unknown | 8 | (1.5) | 2 | (0.6) | 6 | (3.2) |
When deceased at hospitald, | ||||||
Patient already knew the staff | 172 | (57.5) | 111 | (63.4) | 60 | (49.2) |
Patient was referred to PCCT during his/her last stay | 266 | (87.5) | 145 | (80.5) | 119 | (97.5) |
When deceased in PCU | (n =162) | (n = 121) | (n = 39) | |||
Time from admission to death (days), median (Q1-Q3) | 9 | (5–18) | 11 | (5–21) | 7 | (4–11) |
Death within 3 days after admission | 29 | (17.8) | 23 | (19.0) | 6 | (15.4) |