Table 3.
Proportion of Decedents With Any Inpatient or Outpatient Health Care Service Use by Service Type and Travel Time
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| Service type# | Total sample (%) (n = 3546) | Health care facility | 0– < 5 min n (%) | 5– < 10 min n (%) | 10– < 15 min n (%) | 15– < 30 min n (%) | 30+ min n (%) | p-Value |
| Acute-care services | ||||||||
| Acute hospital admission | 82.3 | Nearest acute-care facility | 379 (10.8) | 951 (26.9) | 608 (17.7) | 917 (25.5) | 691 (19.1) | 0.0209 |
| Emergency department visit | 94.7 | Nearest ED facility | 608 (17.2) | 1612 (45.8) | 555 (15.6) | 409 (11.2) | 362 (10.2) | 0.2016 |
| ICU admission | 9.4 | Nearest ICU facility | 379 (7.8) | 951 (26.4) | 608 (17.4) | 917 (27.3) | 691 (21.1) | 0.4495 |
| Mechanical ventilation | 3.1 | Nearest MV facility | 379 (11.8) | 951 (27.3) | 608 (14.5) | 917 (28.2) | 691 (18.2) | 0.9205 |
| Inpatient chemotherapy and radiotherapy services | ||||||||
| Inpatient chemotherapy | 8.1 | Nearest chemotherapy facility | 379 (9.8) | 951 (27.0) | 608 (14.1) | 917 (32.3) | 691 (16.8) | 0.0908 |
| Inpatient radiotherapy | 8.5 | Nearest radiotherapy facility | 379 (14.6) | 951 (22.6) | 608 (20.6) | 917 (29.6) | 691 (12.6) | 0.0008 |
| Inpatient palliative care services | ||||||||
| Inpatient palliative care | 99.1 | Nearest palliative care facility | 781 (22.0) | 784 (22.0) | 879 (24.9) | 506 (14.3) | 596 (16.8) | 0.3041 |
| Inpatient palliative care before last staya | 76.3 | Nearest palliative care facility | 781 (22.1) | 784 (21.6) | 879 (25.7) | 506 (14.4) | 596 (16.2) | 0.1200 |
| Inpatient SPC | 57.1 | Nearest SPC facility | 781 (23.5) | 423 (12.1) | 879 (25.6) | 756 (22.1) | 707 (16.7) | <0.0001 |
| Inpatient SPC before last staya | 8.1 | Nearest SPC facility | 781 (19.0) | 423 (9.2) | 879 (27.1) | 756 (27.1) | 707 (17.6) | 0.0470 |
| Outpatient services | ||||||||
| Outpatient specialist palliative care | 47.7 | Nearest SPC facility | 781 (19.4) | 784 (23.9) | 879 (23.5) | 506 (14.8) | 596 (18.4) | 0.0002 |
| Outpatient chemotherapy | 34.9 | Nearest chemotherapy facility | 379 (6.1) | 951 (27.1) | 608 (14.0) | 917 (24.7) | 691 (28.1) | <0.0001 |
| Outpatient radiotherapy | 28.5 | Nearest radiotherapy facility | 379 (8.6) | 951 (26.8) | 608 (16.1) | 917 (25.4) | 691 (23.1) | 0.0031 |
| Outpatient cancer care | 40.2 | Nearest cancer care facility | 379 (7.5) | 951 (25.4) | 608 (16.1) | 917 (26.5) | 691 (24.5) | <0.0001 |
#
Patients can receive ≥1 health service (not mutually exclusive).
Values are percentages of total sample population who had ∼1 health service.
a
Calculated for stays not including the last seven days before death.