Table 2.

Hospitalisations during the Last Months of Life

			12–4 months before Death			≤3 months before Death
		N%	HR	MD	RT	HR	MD	RT
Age (in years)	<70	64	2.1	13.7	7.3	4.8	11.3	12.8
	70 – 79	135	1.8	12.6	6.0	5.4	11.3	14.4
	80 – 89	404	1.4	13.6	4.9	4.5	11.6	12.4
	90+	189	1.1	14.0	4.0	3.7	9.9	9.1
Gender	Men	232	1.6	12.0	5.0	5.0	10.5	12.6
	Women	560	1.3	14.2	4.9	4.2	11.4	11.6
Care level$ (in minutes)	0 – <= 60	144	1.7	12.2	5.3	4.8	10.6	12.3
	>60 – <= 120	129	1.6	15.5	6.4	5.5	13.4	16.7
	>120 – <= 160	145	1.1	14.1	4.1	3.9	9.8	9.5
	160<	138	1.4	13.0	4.9	3.2	10.6	8.4
LongTerm &	no	653	1.6	14.1	5.8	4.5	11.3	12.2
	yes	139	1.2	12.8	4.2	4.1	10.7	10.8
Transfer to NH §	from home	270	1.5	13.0	4.9	4.3	10.8	11.2
	from hospital	289	1.4	15.4	5.7	4.9	11.7	13.5
Place of death	in NH	234	2.0	13.9	7.0	4.8	12.8	14.4
	in hospital	229	1.8	12.9	6.1	10.0	10.1	21.7
Total		792	1.4	13.5	5.0	4.4	11.1	11.9

^$ time of care required regarding basic activities of daily living

^&Participants with NH stay for 1 year

^§ 559 Participants from 2 of the largest health insurance plans

^%Number of participants at time point of death