Table 2 Time interval between discharge from the hospital (general palliative care and palliative care ward) and subsequent palliative care
≤ 14 days | 15–28 day | > 28 days | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
From general inpatient palliative care to: | ||||||
Total number of discharges, n = 415* | 281 | 67.7 | 46 | 11.1 | 88 | 21.2 |
General ambulatory palliative care, n = 130 | 91 | 21.9 | 14 | 3.4 | 25 | 6.0 |
Specialised ambulatory palliative care, n = 176 | 143 | 34.5 | 14 | 3.4 | 19 | 4.6 |
Stationary readmission, n = 90 | 29 | 7.0 | 18 | 4.3 | 43 | 10.4 |
- General inpatient palliative care, n = 76 | 25 | 6.0 | 17 | 4.1 | 34 | 8.2 |
- Palliative care ward, n = 14 | 4 | 1.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 9 | 2.2 |
Hospice, n = 19 | 18 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.2 |
From palliative care ward to: | ||||||
Total number of discharges, n = 124** | 93 | 75.0 | 13 | 10.5 | 18 | 14.5 |
General ambulatory palliative care, n = 35 | 26 | 21.0 | 5 | 4.0 | 4 | 3.2 |
Specialised ambulatory palliative care, n = 62 | 55 | 44.4 | 1 | 0.8 | 6 | 4.8 |
Stationary readmission, n = 23 | 10 | 8.1 | 5 | 4.0 | 8 | 6.5 |
- General inpatient palliative care, n = 10 | 3 | 2.4 | 3 | 2.4 | 4 | 3.2 |
- Palliative care ward, n = 13 | 7 | 5.6 | 2 | 1.6 | 4 | 3.2 |
Hospice, n = 4 | 2 | 1.6 | 2 | 1.6 | 0 | 0.0 |