Who needs and continues to need paediatric palliative care? An evaluation of utility and feasibility of the Paediatric Palliative Screening scale (PaPaS)

Table 1 Demographics of patients at First Assessment (N = 199)

Demographics
Age at referral
Median age in years (IQR)	12.6 (12.2)
Range of ages in years	0 (1 day old) to 39.6
Number of patients less than 1 year old	18
Number of patients between 1 and 19 years old	141
Number of patients 19 years old or above	40
Gender
Female (%)	84 (42.2%)
Male (%)	115 (57.8%)
Type of diagnosis
Cancer (%)	57 (28.6%)
Non-cancer (%)	142 (71.4%)

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