Communication of advance care planning decisions: a retrospective cohort study of documents in general practice

BMC Palliative Care

Table 1 Characteristics of general practice decedents

n = 144
Gender, n (%)	Female	63 (43.8)
Gender, n (%)	Male	81 (56.2)
Age (years), median (IQR)		84.9 (81.0–89.4)
RACF resident	Yes	31 (21.5)
	No	103 (71.5)
	Unknown	10 (7.0)
Length of general practice enrolment (years), median (IQR)		7.3 (2.0–16.3)
Medicare Health Assessment for Older Persons (75 and over)^a	Yes	51 (49.5)
	No	49 (47.6)
	Unknown	3 (2.9)
Time between final Health Assessment and death (years)^a, median (IQR)		1.0 (0.5–1.9)
Time between ACP document creation and death (years)^b, median (IQR)		2.5 (0.5–4.9)

^aOnly applies to decedents who lived at home prior to hospital admission
^bOnly applies to decedents with an ACP document in their general practice record
Some percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding
RACF Residential aged care facility, IQR Interquartile range; Health Assessment, Medicare Health Assessment for Older Persons (75 and over); ACP Advance care planning

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