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Table 3 PEoLC indicators per illness trajectories

From: Quality of palliative and end-of-life care: a quantitative study of temporal trends and differences according to illness trajectories in Quebec (Canada)

 

Population denominator

Home death [1] *

Deaths in acute care beds with no PEoLC prior to death [2] *

Visit to the ER in the last 14 days of life [3]

Visit to the ER the day of death or death declared in the ER [4]

At least one stay in the ICU visits in the last month of life [5]

Illness Trajectory

N

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

I

287,290

25,018

8.7

79,049

27.6

117,302

40.8

34,498

12.0

17,432

6.1

II

219,431

19,823

9.1

90,379

41.3

115,333

52.6

45,772

20.9

40,208

18.3

III

88,542

5,333

6.0

112,695

14.3

18,525

20.9

5,675

6.4

3,187

3.6

Total

595,263

50,174

8.4

182,123

30.6

251,160

42.2

85,945

14.4

60,827

10.2

  1. *excluding 977 deaths in an unknown location or outside Quebec