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Table 1 Characteristics of patients

From: Differences in do-not-resuscitate orders, hospice care utilization, and late referral to hospice care between cancer and non-cancer decedents in a tertiary Hospital in Taiwan between 2010 and 2015: a hospital-based observational study

Characteristics

Total

Cancer

Non-Cancer

p

Gender, n (%)

 Men

5507(65.1)

4375(64.9)

1132(66.1)

0.349

 Women

2952(34.9)

2371(35.1)

581(33.9)

 

Age, median (IQR)

72(24)

70(24)

81(20)

< 0.001

Length of hospital stay in days, median (IQR)

16(23)

16(23)

15(25)

0.529

  1. Abbreviations: IQR Interquartile range
  2. P value: Gender differences were analyzed using the chi-square test; age and length of hospital stay were analyzed using the Mann–Whitney U test