Table 2.
NCI Cancer Centers (N=51)a |
Non-NCI Cancer Centers (N=50)a |
P-valueb | |||||||
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Cancer Center Characteristics |
N | % | 95% CI (%)c | N | % | 95% CI (%)c | |||
Type of Cancer Center | |||||||||
NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center | 31 | 61 | 46–74 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
NCI-designated Clinical Cancer Center | 11 | 21 | 11–35 | 0 | 0 | - | - | ||
NCI-designated Community Cancer Center | 9 | 18 | 8–31 | 0 | 0 | - | |||
Non NCI-designated Cancer Center | 0 | 0 | - | 50 | 100 | 93–100 | |||
Unknown or not answered | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Number of outpatients in 2008 (Q1–Q3) |
10000 | (2500–55000) | 3002 | (800–8400) | 0.01 | ||||
Unknown or not answered | 12 | 16 | |||||||
Inpatient beds available | 41 | 87 | 74–95 | 30 | 67 | 51–80 | 0.02 | ||
Unknown or not answered | 4 | 5 | |||||||
Number of inpatient beds (Q1–Q3)d |
80 | (44–400) | 52 | (20–300) | 0.22 | ||||
Unknown or not answered | 13 | 23 | |||||||
Palliative Care Program | |||||||||
Available anytime over the last 10 years |
50 | 98 | 90–100 | 39 | 78 | 64–88 | 0.002 | ||
Unknown or not answered | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Currently active | 50 | 98 | 90–100 | 39 | 78 | 64–88 | 0.002 | ||
Unknown or not answered | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Palliative care physician present |
46 | 92 | 79–97 | 28 | 74 | 57–87 | 0.04 | ||
Unknown or not answered | 1 | 12 | |||||||
Palliative Care Infrastructure | |||||||||
Inpatient consultation team | 47 | 92 | 81–98 | 28 | 56 | 41–70 | <0.001 | ||
Unknown or not answered | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Outpatient clinic | 30 | 59 | 44–72 | 11 | 22 | 12–36 | <0.001 | ||
Unknown or not answered | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Dedicated palliative care acute care beds |
13 | 26 | 14–40 | 10 | 20 | 10–34 | 0.64 | ||
Unknown or not answered | 0 | 0 | |||||||
Institution-operated hospice |
16 | 31 | 19–46 | 21 | 42 | 28–57 | 0.31 | ||
Unknown or not answered | 0 | 0 |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; NCI, National Cancer Institute; Q1–Q3, interquartile range
Total number of respondents
Comparisons were made between NCI and non-NCI cancer centers using the Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables, and the Mann-Whitney test for continuous variables. Confidence intervals were computed using the exact binominal test. Missing values were not included in the analyses.
Unless stated otherwise
Among centers with inpatient units only