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Table 3 Duration of admission, hospital admissions and stays in the emergency department in the last year

From: Prevalence and clinical characteristics of patients with Advanced Chronic Illness and Palliative Care needs, identified with the NECPAL CCOMS-ICO© Tool at a Tertiary Care Hospital

 

Non-NECPAL

n = 34

NECPAL I-II

n = 105

NECPAL III

n = 97

TOTAL

n = 236

P value

Admissions in the last year, n (%)

Hospital

8 (40%)

21 (41.2%)

36 (63.2%)

65 (50.8%)

0.043

Emergency Department

11 (55%)

33 (64.8%)

48 (84.3%)

57 (61.3)

0.015

Abbreviations: n number of patients, % percentage of patients, SD standard deviation.

Duration of admission (days)

Overall

n = 236

Medical speciality

n = 166

Surgical speciality

n = 70

P value

Median (P25-P75)

22 (11.25-40)

20 (9-35.5)

34 (15–66)

< 0.001

Abbreviations: n number of patients, P25 Percentile 25, P75 Percentile 75.