Table 2 End-of-life care outcomes for 13 quality indicators in hospitals and nursing homes. Differences in proportions between hospitals and nursing homes are calculated with chi-square test
Quality indicators | Missing (n) | Hospital | Nursing home | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |||
Specialised palliative care team consulted | 0 | 22/967 | 2.3 | 192/15,495 | 1.2 | 0.006 |
Documented decision to shift to end-of-life care | 1754 | 731/897 | 81.5 | 12,460/13,811 | 90.2 | < 0.001 |
Next of kin given information about transition to end-of-life care | 1284 | 714/878 | 81.3 | 10,215/14,300 | 71.4 | < 0.001 |
Next of kin offered a follow-up talk after death of the patient | 2968 | 263/617 | 42.6 | 9697/12,877 | 75.3 | < 0.001 |
Pain assessed and documented during the last week of life | 619 | 140/861 | 16.3 | 4838/14,982 | 32.3 | < 0.001 |
Symptoms other than pain assessed during the last week of life | 853 | 79/802 | 9.9 | 2773/14,807 | 18.7 | < 0.001 |
Oral health assessed during the last week of life | 1280 | 630/824 | 76.5 | 10,992/14,358 | 76.6 | 0.947 |
Prescription of PRN drugs against pain | 62 | 839/949 | 88.4 | 14,461/15,451 | 93.6 | < 0.001 |
Prescription of PRN drugs against nausea | 225 | 398/927 | 42.9 | 9606/15,310 | 62.7 | < 0.001 |
Prescription of PRN drugs against anxiety | 133 | 705/939 | 75.1 | 13,171/15,390 | 85.6 | < 0.001 |
Pressure ulcer at death | 157 | 219/908 | 24.1 | 2278/15,397 | 14.8 | < 0.001 |
Someone present at the moment of death | 291 | 652/936 | 69.7 | 13,711/15,235 | 90.0 | < 0.001 |
Fluids via enteral tube or intravenously during last 24 h of life | 55 | 344/943 | 36.5 | 220/15,464 | 1.4 | < 0.001 |