Table 1 Characteristics of patients with palliative care and total number patients receiving inpatient and ambulatory palliative care in 2015/16, 12-month follow-up
Urban | Rural | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Total number of palliative patients | 1004 | 100.0 | 3173 | 100.0 | 4177 | 100.0 |
Age (y) | ||||||
Median (IQR) | 82.0 (74.0, 88.0) | 81.0 (73.0, 87.0) | 81.0 (74.0, 87.0) | |||
Sex | ||||||
Male | 416 | 41.4 | 1481 | 46.7 | 1897 | 45.4 |
Female | 588 | 58.6 | 1692 | 53.3 | 2280 | 54.6 |
Deceased (until 12 months treatment) | ||||||
743 | 74.0 | 2123 | 66.9 | 2866 | 68.6 | |
Ambulatory and stationary diagnoses | 974 | 97.0 | 3088 | 94.8 | 4062 | 97.3 |
Oncological diagnoses | 589 | 58.7 | 1888 | 59.5 | 2477 | 59.3 |
General ambulatory palliative care | ||||||
Number of palliative care services | 2761 | 11,815 | 14,576 | |||
Number of patients | 785 | 78.2* | 2794 | 88.1* | 3579 | 85.7 |
Specialised ambulatory palliative care | ||||||
Number of patients | 261 | 26.0* | 643 | 20.3* | 904 | 21.6 |
Median (IQR) treatment days | 14.0 (6.0, 41.0) | 19.0 (7.0, 53.0) | 17.0 (7.0, 49.0) | |||
General inpatient palliative care | ||||||
Number of palliative cases | 205 | 552 | 757 | |||
Number of patients | 174 | 17.3* | 437 | 13.8* | 611 | 14.6 |
Median (IQR) length of stay (d) | 13.0 (8.0, 21.0) | 14.0 (10.0, 22.0) | 14.0 (9.0, 22.0) | |||
Palliative care ward | ||||||
Number of palliative cases | 96 | 156 | 252 | |||
Number of patients | 82 | 8.2* | 132 | 4.2* | 214 | 5.1 |
Median (IQR) length of stay (d) | 16.5 (9.5, 27.0) | 15.0 (7.5, 24.0) | 13.0 (8.0, 23.0) | |||
Hospice | ||||||
Number of patients | 46 | 4.6* | 66 | 2.1* | 112 | 2.7 |
Median (IQR) length of stay (d) | 27.0 (18.0, 59.0) | 40.5 (26.0, 81.0) | 37.5 (20.5, 70.0) | |||