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Table 1 Characteristics of responding hospitals

From: Current status of integrating oncology and palliative care in Japan: a nationwide survey

 

Unmatched

Matched

Designated Cancer Hospitals (n = 269)

Non-Designated Cancer Hospitals

(n = 150)

P-value

Designated Cancer Hospitals (n = 269)

Non-Designated Cancer Hospitals (n = 150)

Adjusted P-value

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Inpatient beds number

  

<.0001

  

0.998

 100–299 beds

16 (5.9)

8 (5.3)

 

14.2 (5.3)

7.9 (5.3)

 

 300–499 beds

95 (35.3)

115 (76.7)

 

96.4 (35.8)

53.7 (35.8)

 

 500–699 beds

107 (39.8)

23 (15.3)

 

101.1 (37.6)

56.4 (37.6)

 

 700 beds

51 (19.0)

4 (2.7)

 

57.3 (21.3)

32.0 (21.3)

 

Activities of responding institutionsa1

 Inpatient beds available

555.6 [197.8]

414.7 [131.7]

<.0001

563.8 [202.8]

547.5 [234.6]

0.457

 Annual number of cancer death

233.3 [158.8]

147.4 [119.1]

<.0001

234.2 [158.5]

201.7 [190.4]

0.078

  1. a1: Mean; [], standard deviation