Table 2.

Of Those Patients in Hospice with a Primary Diagnosis of Cancer, Proportion of Patients Ascertained in Various Cohort Definitions with Diagnosis of Cancer

				Part B Definitionsa
Death year	Days before deathb	# of patients in hospice with cancer	Of those in hospice, % with Part A cancers cohortc	Of those in hospice, % within broad definition cohortd	Of those in hospice, % within combined definition cohortc	Of those in hospice, % within combined Part A and Part B definition cohortc
2005	365	189,432	44.5	69.2	70.7	82.2
	270	186,555	43.6	67.9	69.5	81.3
	180	180,841	42.1	66.0	67.9	80.1
2004	365	185,480	45.2	70.3	71.7	83.2
	270	182,754	44.1	68.8	70.4	82.3
	180	176,961	42.6	66.7	68.5	80.9
2003	365	180,699	45.7	71.5	73.0	83.9
	270	178,049	44.6	70.1	71.6	82.9
	180	172,600	42.9	67.9	69.7	81.4
2002	365	175,455	45.8	71.1	72.4	83.2
	270	172,849	44.6	69.7	71.2	82.3
	180	167,500	42.9	67.4	69.1	80.6
2001	365	166,780	46.4	70.2	71.7	82.8
	270	164,387	45.2	68.9	70.5	81.8
	180	159,380	43.4	66.7	68.4	80.2

^aTwenty percent sample, up-weighted to 100%.

^bMaximum time span in days from death to admission date of last hospitalization.

^cFirst diagnosis is ICD-9 codes 140–208 or 239.0–239.9, excluding V codes, or second diagnosis using Iezzoni definition, Appendix (available online at www.liebertpub.com/jpm).

^dICD-9 definition: 140–208 or 239.0–239.9, excluding V code.