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Table 1 Patient characteristics by centre

From: Multicentre analysis of intensity of care at the end-of-life in patients with advanced cancer, combining health administrative data with hospital records: variations in practice call for routine quality evaluation

 

TOTAL

n = 997

UH 1

n = 200

CCC 1

n = 200

UH 2

n = 199

CCC 2

n = 200

UH 3

n = 198

Age at death, mean (SD)

66 (14)

68 (13)

64 (14)

70 (13)

60 (14)

70 (13)

Men, n (%)

535 (54)

130 (65)

42 (21)

126 (63)

111 (56)

126 (64)

Primary tumor site, n (%)

n = 976

n = 198

n = 200

n = 197

n = 200

n = 181

 Breast

173 (18)

12 (6.1)

106 (53)

15 (7.6)

24 (12)

16 (8.8)

 Lung

165 (17)

32 (16)

27 (14)

48 (24)

40 (20)

18 (9.9)

 Urinary tract and kidney

136 (14)

31 (16)

9 (4.5)

40 (20)

19 (9.5)

37 (20)

 Colorectal

104 (11)

21 (11)

9 (4.5)

24 (12)

23 (12)

27 (15)

 Liver, Pancreas, Biliary tract

89 (9.1)

31 (16)

4 (2.0)

15 (7.6)

10 (5.0)

29 (16)

 Other

309 (32)

71 (36)

45 (23)

55 (28)

84 (42)

54 (30)

  1. Abbreviations: CCC Comprehensive Cancer Centre, UH University Hospital