Feasibility of hospital-initiated non-facilitator assisted advance care planning documentation for patients with palliative care needs

Table 1 Patient characteristics

Patient characteristic	n (%)
Male gender	81 (51%)
Mean age (years) ± SD	69 (±14)
Hospital of origin
Hospital I & II^a	129 (81%)
Hospital III^b	31 (19%)
Diagnosis
Cancer	136 (85%)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	8 (5%)
Congestive heart failure	8 (5%)
Other (cholangitis (n = 1), peripheral arterial vascular disease (n = 2), a fractured femur (n = 1), septicemia (n = 1), end-stage renal disease (n = 2), stroke (n = 1))	8 (5%)

^aACP conversations and documentation carried out by non-palliative care trained staff treating/ nursing the patient
^bACP conversations and documentation carried out by an SPC nurse involved with the patient
Hospitals I & II
Hospital III

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