Table 2 Characteristics of patients in the the audit period
All Patients | Treatment within last 30 days | No treatment within last 30 days | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
440 | 120 | 27% | 320 | 73% | ||
Sex | ||||||
Male | 263 | 60% | 67 | 56% | 196 | 61% |
Female | 177 | 40% | 53 | 44% | 124 | 39% |
Discipline | ||||||
Oncology | 392 | 89% | 103 | 26% | 289 | 74% |
Hematology | 48 | 11% | 17 | 35% | 31 | 65% |
Average age (years) | 72.5 | 71 | 73.3 | |||
Performance status | ||||||
ECOG 0 or 1 | 99 | 23% | 34 | 28% | 65 | 20% |
ECOG 2 | 175 | 40% | 44 | 37% | 131 | 41% |
ECOG 3 or 4 | 166 | 38% | 42 | 35% | 124 | 39% |
Line of treatment | ||||||
Never treated | 89 | 20% | 89 | 28% | ||
First line | 170 | 39% | 59 | 49% | 111 | 35% |
Second line | 108 | 25% | 36 | 30% | 72 | 23% |
Third line or greater | 73 | 17% | 25 | 21% | 48 | 15% |