Table 2.

Characteristics at admission of palliative care unit for each type of institution (n = 10,447)

	Cancer n = 8600				Non-cancer (n = 1847)
	CCC-affiliated palliative care units n = 3314	Other palliative care units n = 5286	effect size	Significance	CCC-affiliated palliative care units n = 920	Other palliative care units n = 927	effect size	Significance
			Cramér’s V	p value			Cramér’s V	p value
Age Ø (in years)	68 [19–99]	73 [23–104]	0.23	< 0.05	74 [20–100]	80 [20–105]	0.33	< 0.05
Gender, female (%)	46.0	48.1	0.02	0.057	47.6	51.3	0.04
ECOGb (average)	3.2	3.0	0.09	< 0.05	3.6	3.5	0.08	< 0.05
ECOGb (median)	3	3	0.09	< 0.05	4	4	0.08	< 0.05
Duration of stay (median)	9	10	0.14	< 0.05	8	8	0.25	< 0.05
Number of symptomsa (median)	10	12	0.32	< 0.05	8	11	0.38	< 0.05
Living situation (%)			0.07	< 0.05			0.10	< 0.05
Alone	18.0	23.4			18.3	17.0
Nursing home	8.9	7.3			13.3	22.7
Relatives/reference person	48.9	63.9			37.6	54.3
Other	0.9	1.3			1.3	1.8
No information	23.2	4.1			29.6	4.3
End of treatment (%)			0.11	< 0.05			0.12	< 0.05
Deceased	49.5	42.1			46.2	52.1
Transfer/discharge	47.5	56.3			48.5	46.1
Stabilization…	–	–			0.2	–
Other	1.1	0.2			–	0.1
No information	1.9	1.4			2.7	1.7
Place of death (%)			0.15	< 0.05			0.12	< 0.05
At home	0.2	1.0			-	0.2
Asylum	0.1	0.1			0.2	0.1
Hospice	0.6	0.8			0.4	0.2
Palliative care unit	44.5	38.0			44.6	47.5
Hospital	7.6	3.2			7.1	3.7
Other	–	–			–	–
No information	46.9	56.9			48.0	48.3

Bold implies a significant correlation, effect size Cramér’s V: 0 = negligible/0.10 = small/0.3 = medium/0.50 = large

^adocumented symptoms with symptom burden 1 = mild/2 = moderate/3 = severe, mdn median

^bECOG Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group functional status: 0 = fully active/1 = moderately limited physical activity, able to work/, 2 = disabled, increasing need for care/3 = mostly external supply; confined to bed or chair ˃ 50%/4 = completely disabled; totally confined to bed or chair