| Non-Indigenous | Indigenous | Identifier missing | Total | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) |
Patient-based characteristics | ||||||||
 Total Patients | 59,226 | (97.0) | 645 | (1.1) | 1202 | (2.0) | 61,073 | (100.0) |
Sex | ||||||||
 Female | 27,740 | (46.8) | 337 | (52.3) | 551 | (45.8) | 28,628 | (46.9) |
 Male | 31,482 | (53.2) | 308 | (47.8) | 650 | (54.1) | 32,440 | (53.1) |
 Missing | 4 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (0.1) | 5 | (0.0) |
Principal Diagnosis | ||||||||
 Cancer | 45,704 | (77.2) | 481 | (74.6) | 987 | (82.1) | 47,172 | (77.2) |
 Non-cancer | 13,212 | (22.3) | 162 | (25.1) | 203 | (16.9) | 13,577 | (22.2) |
 Missing | 310 | (0.5) | 2 | (0.3) | 12 | (1.0) | 324 | (0.5) |
Remotenessa | ||||||||
 Major Cities | 45,351 | (76.6) | 336 | (52.1) | 871 | (72.5) | 46,558 | (76.2) |
 Inner Regional | 9985 | (16.9) | 161 | (25.0) | 285 | (23.7) | 10,431 | (17.1) |
 Outer Regional | 3177 | (5.4) | 108 | (16.7) | 37 | (3.1) | 3322 | (5.4) |
 Remote/Very Remote | 293 | (0.5) | 39 | (6.1) | 4 | (0.3) | 336 | (0.6) |
 Missing | 420 | (0.7) | 1 | (0.2) | 5 | (0.4) | 426 | (0.7) |
SEIFAb (quintile) | ||||||||
 1 (most disadvantaged) | 8849 | (14.9) | 200 | (31.0) | 182 | (15.1) | 9231 | (15.1) |
 2 | 8369 | (14.1) | 125 | (19.4) | 150 | (12.5) | 8644 | (14.2) |
 3 | 11,661 | (19.7) | 148 | (23.0) | 287 | (23.9) | 12,096 | (19.8) |
 4 | 12,727 | (21.5) | 104 | (16.1) | 230 | (19.1) | 13,061 | (21.4) |
 5 (least disadvantaged) | 17,161 | (29.0) | 67 | (10.4) | 346 | (28.8) | 17,574 | (28.8) |
 Missing | 459 | (0.8) | 1 | (0.2) | 7 | (0.6) | 467 | (0.8) |
Jurisdiction of Residence | ||||||||
 NSW | 12,774 | (21.6) | 158 | (24.5) | 165 | (13.7) | 13,097 | (21.4) |
 QLD | 13,119 | (22.2) | 171 | (26.5) | 226 | (18.8) | 13,516 | (22.1) |
 SA | 4375 | (7.4) | 43 | (6.7) | 215 | (17.9) | 4633 | (7.6) |
 TAS | 2645 | (4.5) | 48 | (7.4) | 28 | (2.3) | 2721 | (4.5) |
 VIC | 16,740 | (28.3) | 67 | (10.4) | 176 | (14.6) | 16,983 | (27.8) |
 WA | 9207 | (15.6) | 156 | (24.2) | 388 | (32.3) | 9751 | (16.0) |
 Missing | 366 | (0.6) | 2 | (0.3) | 4 | (0.3) | 372 | (0.6) |
Episode-based characteristics | ||||||||
 Total episodes | 81,571 | (96.8) | 983 | (1.2) | 1684 | (2.0) | 84,238 | (100.0) |
Age groupc | ||||||||
  < 65 years | 21,722 | (26.6) | 535 | (54.4) | 506 | (30.1) | 22,763 | (27.0) |
  ≥ 65 years | 59,842 | (73.4) | 448 | (45.6) | 1178 | (70) | 61,468 | (73.0) |
 Missing | 7 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 7 | (0.0) |
Setting | ||||||||
 Hospital | 46,405 | (56.9) | 620 | (63.1) | 778 | (46.2) | 47,803 | (56.8) |
 Community | 35,166 | (43.1) | 363 | (36.9) | 906 | (53.8) | 36,435 | (43.3) |
 Missing | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
Palliative care problems (at episode start)d | ||||||||
 Pain | ||||||||
  Absent-Mild | 59,463 | (72.9) | 653 | (66.4) | 1187 | (70.5) | 61,303 | (72.8) |
  Mod-Severe | 20,508 | (25.1) | 306 | (31.1) | 420 | (24.9) | 21,234 | (25.2) |
  Missing | 1600 | (2.0) | 24 | (2.4) | 77 | (4.6) | 1701 | (2.0) |
 Other symptoms | ||||||||
  Absent-Mild | 46,436 | (56.9) | 542 | (55.1) | 902 | (53.6) | 47,880 | (56.8) |
  Mod-Severe | 32,587 | (40.0) | 408 | (41.5) | 684 | (40.6) | 33,679 | (40) |
  Missing | 2548 | (3.1) | 33 | (3.4) | 98 | (5.8) | 2679 | (3.2) |
 Psychological/spiritual | ||||||||
  Absent-Mild | 60,050 | (73.6) | 687 | (69.9) | 1154 | (68.5) | 61,891 | (73.5) |
  Mod-Severe | 20,329 | (24.9) | 275 | (28.0) | 497 | (29.5) | 21,101 | (25.1) |
  Missing | 1192 | (1.5) | 21 | (2.1) | 33 | (2.0) | 1246 | (1.5) |
 Family/carer | ||||||||
  Absent-Mild | 51,955 | (63.7) | 604 | (61.4) | 1029 | (61.1) | 53,588 | (63.6) |
  Mod-Severe | 26,657 | (32.7) | 285 | (29.0) | 580 | (34.4) | 27,522 | (32.7) |
  Missing | 2959 | (3.6) | 94 | (9.6) | 75 | (4.5) | 3128 | (3.7) |
Functional Status – episode start (approx. tertiles)e | ||||||||
 1 (most independent) | 28,359 | (34.8) | 348 | (35.4) | 682 | (40.5) | 29,389 | (34.9) |
 2 | 25,922 | (31.8) | 333 | (33.9) | 540 | (32.1) | 26,795 | (31.8) |
 3 (least independent) | 26,203 | (32.1) | 291 | (29.6) | 434 | (25.8) | 26,928 | (32.0) |
 Missing | 1087 | (1.3) | 11 | (1.1) | 28 | (1.7) | 1126 | (1.3) |
Episode sequencef | ||||||||
 First | 25,977 | (31.9) | 378 | (38.5) | 558 | (33.1) | 26,913 | (32.0) |
 Subsequent | 55,594 | (68.2) | 605 | (61.6) | 1126 | (66.9) | 57,325 | (68.1) |
 Missing | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |
Calendar period | ||||||||
 Jul 2013–Jun 2014 | 41,054 | (50.4 | 507 | (51.6) | 855 | (50.7) | 42,416 | (50.4) |
 Jul 2014–Jun 2015 | 40,517 | (49.7 | 476 | (48.4) | 829 | (49.2) | 41,822 | (49.7) |
 Missing | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) |