Table 3 The median time in days from: diagnosis to referral to SPC, referral to SPC to admittance to SPC, admittance to SPC to death and diagnosis to death by year of death

Median (IQR^b)

Time from diagnosis to referral to SPC N = 4260

23

(37)

45

(126)

59

(215)

67

(226)

75

(261)

84

(316)

70

(266)

97

(298)

67

(235)

Time from referral to SPC to admitted to SPC N = 3497

4

(6)

5

(7)

5

(7)

6

(8)

6

(9)

6

(8)

7

(9)

7

(10)

6

(9)

Time from admittance to SPC to death N = 3497

20

(36)

35

(70)

34

(62)

31

(71)

34

(83)

39

(76)

35

(83)

39

(89)

35

(75)

Time from diagnosis to death, for all

N = 5851

44

(57)

92

(180)

139

(238)

125

(274)

158

(298)

185

(383)

148

(347)

170

(354)

136

(278)

Time from diagnosis to death for patients referred to SPC

N = 4260

48

(57)

111

(183)

154

(255)

156

(289)

181

(308)

203

(392)

158

(344)

208

(355)

159

(293)

Time from diagnosis to death for patients not referred to SPC N = 1591

40

(54)

58

(151)

107

(224)

88

(217)

81

(243)

128

(291)

122

(362)

80

(272)

82

(228)