Table 3 Documented staff minutes per patient and day palliative care advisory team
From: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on processes, resource use and cost in palliative care
Palliative Care advisory team | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2019 (N = 135) | 2020(N = 120) | ||||
median / IQR | share in overall care (%) | median / IQR | share in overall care (%) | p-value | |
Minutes per patient and day | 54.2 / 60.1 | 100% | 66.9 / 56.4 | 100% | .533 |
Minutes per Patient and day by professional group | |||||
Physician | 26.7 / 30.8 | 50.2% | 29.4 / 33.3 | 53.7% | .634 |
Nurse | 15.0 / 33.0 | 35.0% | 15.0 / 29.9 | 33.1% | .968 |
Social worker | 0.0 / 3.3 | 8.0% | 0.0 / 10.4 | 9.1% | .441 |
Respiratory Therapist | 0.0 / 0.0 | 0.2% | .0500 | ||
Psychologist | 0.0 / 0.0 | 2.0% | 0.0 / 0.0 | 0.9% | .200 |
Pastoral worker | 0.0 / 3.3 | 4.7% | 0.0 / 1.5 | 2.9% | 1,000 |
Minutes per Patient and day by field of activity | |||||
Patient | 16.5 / 20.6 | 28.4% | 17.2 / 19.2 | 28.6% | .680 |
Family | 5.0 / 18.7 | 16.4% | 3.5 / 9.7 | 9.7% | .019 |
Systemic | 19.3 / 17.1 | 33.7% | 19.2 / 17.7 | 32.7% | .846 |
Professional | 10.8 / 10.3 | 21.4% | 16.7 / 16.1 | 29.1% | .000 |