TABLE V.

Emergency department visits in the last 28 days of life by cancer patients who died in hospital, Ontario and Alberta combined^a, 2014–2015 and 2015–2016 fiscal years combined

Visit frequency	Patients
	(n)	(%)
Noneb	7,125	27.1
One	12,722	48.4
Two or more	6,448	24.5

^aIncludes only patients with a cancer diagnosis in Ontario and Alberta (where comprehensive emergency department data are available) who died in an acute care hospital.

^bIncludes cancer patients already admitted to hospital in the 28 days before death.

Data source: Canadian Institute for Health Information, Discharge Abstract Database, 2014–2015 and 2015–2016; National Ambulatory Care Reporting System, 2013–2014 to 2015–2016.