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Table 3 Hospital palliative care use at the time of death, during the last year (total), or before death for people died in a skilled nursing home or in another place according to sex, age and disease managed

From: Use of hospital palliative care according to the place of death and disease one year before death in 2013: a French national observational study

Place of deaths

All places

Short stay hospital

Rehab

Hospital at home

Skilled nursing home#

Otherb

 

Na

Death°

Total

Na

Total

Na

Total

Na

Total

Na

Before death

Na

Before death

  

%

%

 

%

 

%

   

%

 

%

Total

347.3

15.7

29.2

176.9

39.3

22.51

60.0

9.82

88.9

46.3

7.6

91.7

6.7

Men

172.6

16.6

30.9

94.6

40.1

10.55

60.9

4.97

90.2

12.6

9.6

49.8

6.5

Women

174.7

14.9

27.6

82.3

38.5

11.96

59.1

4.84

87.5

33.8

6.8

41.8

7.0

Age (years)

  < 15

1.1

11.5

30.3

0.6

38.2

0.02

93.3

0.05

95.6

 

0.4

6.2

 15–34

4.4

6.6

15.8

1.7

33.3

0.04

58.5

0.08

100

 

2.6

1.6

 35–44

7.0

10.7

25.4

3.2

45.4

0.11

68.4

0.16

95

0.0

3.5

2.6

 45–54

18.9

15.9

34.5

10.4

49.7

0.56

80.0

0.54

96.6

0.0

7.3

4.8

 55–64

39.7

19.4

39.9

24.1

50.5

1.77

79.4

1.38

95.3

0.5

16.0

12.0

7.3

 65–74

50.6

19.8

38.8

31.4

46.5

2.81

71.1

1.81

92.8

1.6

14.0

13.0

8.5

 75–84

89.9

17.6

31.7

49.8

38.2

6.92

63.3

2.78

89.1

8.8

10.0

21.6

8.2

 85–94

114.7

13.3

22.2

50.0

29.9

9.20

50.9

2.66

81.7

26.9

7.3

25.9

6.6

  ≥ 95

21.0

8.4

13.2

5.8

25.6

1.09

42.9

0.37

77.8

8.4

3.8

5.3

3.9

Cancers

146.2

25.9

51.9

93.0

57.8

12.19

76.4

6.86

94.5

10.3

18.0

23.9

19.0

 Female breast

16.5

24.5

50.1

9.7

59.6

1.35

75.7

0.74

93.9

1.8

15.0

2.9

17.0

 Colon

20.1

25.9

52.7

12.5

57.9

1.80

76.8

1.01

94.6

1.6

20.0

3.2

22.0

 Lung

22.5

30.5

62.5

16.0

65.5

1.84

84.3

1.12

97

0.5

35.0

3.0

25.0

 Prostate

17.6

20.8

40.9

9.9

48.0

1.46

67.2

0.78

92.2

1.6

14.0

3.8

13.0

 Other cancers

91.4

26.4

53.3

59.3

58.5

7.68

77.1

4.47

94.7

5.9

19.0

14.0

20.0

Other diseases in the absence of cancer

Cardiovascular/neurovascular diseases

121.4

10.7

15.9

64.6

19.0

7.88

40.3

1.96

74.9

19.5

6.4

27.5

4.0

 Coronary heart disease

45.0

10.0

14.9

25.3

17.4

2.82

38.3

0.63

76.5

5.9

6.3

10.4

3.6

 Acute stroke

12.9

18.2

24.3

9.7

22.6

1.02

51.6

0.17

77.9

1.2

16.0

0.8

11.0

 Stroke sequelae

21.7

11.5

18.0

10.0

24.2

1.37

41.5

0.46

76.6

4.8

6.0

5.1

5.3

 Heart failure

57.3

11.5

17.3

34.0

19.1

4.07

39.3

0.90

78

8.0

7.0

10.4

5.2

Diabetes

43.3

9.2

14.1

20.9

18.3

2.45

40.2

0.76

75.8

5.4

6.1

13.8

2.9

Psychiatric disorders

23.9

6.6

10.5

8.3

19.1

0.96

36.9

0.20

76.2

3.9

5.1

10.6

1.9

Neurological or degenerative diseases

63.4

10.9

17.4

23.7

27.1

3.83

44.9

1.44

75.4

20.1

5.3

14.3

5.0

 Dementias (including Alzheimer)

50.2

11.0

17.2

0.0

27.4

3.21

44.7

1.10

75

0.0

5.4

0.0

5.4

 Parkinson’s disease

10.0

11.6

17.7

17.8

27.4

0.61

46.8

0.26

71.7

18.0

4.6

10.1

4.0

 Multiple sclerosis

0.6

10.2

23.2

3.9

28.9

0.01

63.6

0.03

80

2.8

8.3

2.4

9.2

 Paraplegia

0.8

10.4

20.6

0.3

26.2

0.04

44.2

0.03

62.5

0.1

5.9

0.2

6.7

 Myopathy or myasthenia

0.6

14.2

21.2

0.4

27.4

0.02

55.6

0.02

72.2

0.1

2.9

0.3

3.6

 Epilepsy

6.1

11.3

18.4

0.3

26.3

0.27

52.8

0.14

75.5

0.0

7.2

0.2

4.4

Chronic respiratory diseases

39.0

10.4

16.5

2.7

19.9

2.24

37.7

0.61

77.4

1.1

7.1

1.9

4.4

Inflammatory or rare diseases, HIV or AIDS

9.0

11.0

17.3

21.9

20.9

0.55

44.2

0.15

81.3

4.1

6.3

10.2

3.8

Treated renal failure

3.3

12.4

20.4

4.9

22.2

0.10

46.0

0.05

80.8

1.1

14.0

2.3

5.3

Diseases of the liver or pancreas

14.6

10.7

16.7

2.3

17.5

0.65

47.2

0.15

86.4

0.2

11.0

0.6

4.7

Other long-term diseases

24.2

9.7

15.1

10.3

21.5

1.36

40.0

0.48

74.5

0.6

5.3

2.9

3.7

  1. aThousand
  2. ° Death: hospitalization in which death occurred; Total: hospital palliative care during the last year including hospitalization in which death occurred
  3. b No hospital palliative care identifiable in the database at the date of death