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Table 2 Characteristics of attendees from the three PCDS centres included in analysis

From: Exploring the costs, consequences and efficiency of three types of palliative care day services in the UK: a pragmatic before-and-after descriptive cohort study

 

Centre 1

Centre 2

Centre 3

Total (%)

Sample size (n)

8

8

22

38 (100%)

Average mean age (years)

66

75

68

69

Male (%)

7

4

9

20 (53%)

White ethnicity (%)

6

8

19

33 (87%)

Married (%)

5

4

11

20 (53%)

Living alone (%)

3

4

6

13 (34%)

Owner occupied homes (%)

5

6

16

27 (71%)

Cancer diagnosis (%)

7

3

14

24 (63%)

Average time since diagnosis (years)

1

5

4

4

Referral source (%)

 Hospital consultant

8

  

8 (21%)

 Hospice community nurse

 

4

4

8 (21%)

 Clinical nurse specialist

 

3

5

8 (21%)

 GP

 

1

1

2 (5%)

 Respiratory service

  

5

5 (13%)

 Specialist palliative care team

  

2

2 (5%)

 Occupational therapist

  

2

2 (5%)

 Within hospice referral

  

2

2 (5%)

 Not available

  

1

1 (3%)