Table 3 Comparison of the descriptions of palliative care in the clinical practice guidelines of 2007 and 2015
Clinical practice guideline | Survey year | Minimal content (lines) | Helpful content (lines) | Total volume of guideline (lines) | Palliative care descriptiona (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prostate cancer | 2007 | 24 | 253 | 4272 | 6.5 |
2015 | 15 | 312 | 3646 | 9.0 | |
Lung cancer | 2007 | 15 | 128 | 3866 | 3.7 |
2015 | 9 | 98 | 3101 | 3.5 | |
Pancreatic cancer | 2007 | 4 | 148 | 1010 | 15.0 |
2015 | 9 | 222 | 2552 | 9.1 | |
Gastric cancer | 2007 | 2 | 64 | 461 | 14.3 |
2015 | 4 | 46 | 892 | 5.6 | |
Colorectal cancer | 2007 | 15 | 70 | 758 | 11.2 |
2015 | 20 | 126 | 1551 | 9.4 | |
Uterine neoplasms | 2007 | 2 | 35 | 1521 | 2.4 |
2015 | 15 | 26 | 2749 | 1.5 | |
Breast cancer | 2007 | 8 | 91 | 3191 | 3.1 |
2015 | 21 | 110 | 7648 | 1.7 | |
Esophageal cancer | 2007 | 0 | 56 | 599 | 9.3 |
2015 | 30 | 138 | 1802 | 9.3 | |
Ovarian cancer | 2007 | 4 | 13 | 806 | 2.1 |
2015 | 8 | 99 | 2113 | 5.1 | |
Hepatocellular carcinoma | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 4860 | 0.0 |
2015 | 8 | 9 | 3215 | 0.5 | |
Total | 2007 | 75 | 858 | 21,344 | 4.4 |
2015 | 139 | 1186 | 29,269 | 4.5 |