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Table 3 Clinical trajectory and context of referral to palliative care

From: Multicentre analysis of intensity of care at the end-of-life in patients with advanced cancer, combining health administrative data with hospital records: variations in practice call for routine quality evaluation

 

TOTAL

UH 1

CCC 1

UH 2

CCC 2

UH 3

Study centre is referent for the patient’s cancer, n/total (%)

842/932 (90)

181/200 (91)

196/200 (98)

163/199 (82)

187/200 (94)

115/133 (87)

Anteriority of follow up in the centre, Median time in months (Q1 - Q3)

12 (4–37)

10 (4–24)

33 (9–106)

8 (3–21)

17 (6–43)

8 (2–21)

Intervention by the Palliative Care Team, n/total (%)

492/926 (53)

101/196 (52)

140/199 (70)

59/196 (30)

112/199 (56)

81/136 (60)

 ECOG PS at 1st intervention ≤2

95/349 (27)

23/67 (34)

43/83 (52)

5/21 (24)

12/101 (12)

12/77 (16)

 Time between first intervention and date of death

n = 475

n = 98

n = 138

n = 55

n = 107

n = 77

   ≤ 7 days

81 (17)

12 (12)

10 (2, 7)

10 (18)

32 (30)

17 (22)

  ]7–30] days

117 (25)

15 (15)

19 (14)

22 (40)

35 (33)

26 (34)

  ]30–90] days

128 (27)

39 (40)

31 (23)

14 (26)

24 (22)

20 (26)

   > 90 days

149 (31)

32 (33)

78 (57)

9 (16)

16 (15)

14 (18)

 median (Q1 - Q3)

41 (13–122)

63 (25–115)

112 (38–281)

25 (11–50)

17 (7–54)

21 (8–64)

  1. Abbreviations: CCC Comprehensive Cancer Centre, UH University Hospital