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Table 3 Palliative care involvement characteristics

From: Socio-economic determinants for the place of last care: results from the acute palliative care unit of a large comprehensive cancer center in a high-income country in Europe

Variable

Data (n = 377 patients)

Specialist inpatient PC

377 (100)

Outpatient specialized PC post-discharge

103 (27)

Outpatient home care service post-discharge

134 (36)

Advance directives

224 (60)

Patient representative

206 (55)

ICU status (“Yes”)

32 (9)

DNR status (“No”)

363 (97)

  1. Abbreviations: DNR = Do not resuscitate; ICU = Intensive care unit; IQR = Interquartile range; PC = Palliative care