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Table 3 Expected non-oncologic palliative care length of stay and patient years

From: Estimation of the demand for palliative care in non-oncologic patients in Chile

Approach

PC LOSa

Patient yearsa

PC LOSb

Patient yearsb

Estimate (i)

622,526

1,706

4,001,950

10,964

Estimate (ii)

526,149

1,442

3,382,389

9,267

Estimate (iii)

609,153

1,669

3,915,982

10,729

  1. aJordan et al. non-oncologic PC LOS was used for the estimation. bnon-oncologic PC LOS was estimate assuming same derivation between oncologic and non-oncologic LOS of Jordan et al., and then applied to available Chilean data
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BMC Palliative Care

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