TABLE II.

Hospital admissions^a for patients with cancer who died in an acute care hospital, 2014–2015 and 2015–2016 fiscal years combined

Institution or admission category	Subcategory	Patientsb
		(n)	(%)
Admitted from	Acute care	4,340	8.9
	Residential care	1,933	3.9
	Professional referral from home care	1,939	4.0
	Directly from homec	38,143	77.9
	Other	2,632	5.4
Admission type	Direct admission	13,280	27.1
	Admitted through emergency department	34,508	70.4
	Other	1,199	2.4

^aData represent all provinces and territories except Quebec.

^bIncludes all adults 18 years of age and older discharged in fiscal years 2014–2015 and 2015–2016.

^cIncludes patients with missing values in the “admitted from institution type” field in the Discharge Abstract Database.

Data source: Canadian Institute for Health Information, Discharge Abstract Database.