Table 2.
Characteristics of patient contacts with the service within 30 days of death compared with all other contacts
| Contacts within 30 days of death (n=2661) | Contacts not within 30 days of death (n=100 216) | |
| Contact type (percentage (95% CI)) | ||
| Home visit | 55.8% (53.9 to 57.7) | 9.7% (9.5 to 9.9) |
| Base assessment | 4.2% (3.4 to 5.0) | 55.8% (55.5 to 56.1) |
| Telephone contact only | 39.9% (38.0 to 41.8) | 34.3% (34.0 to 34.6) |
| Time of contact (percentage (95% CI)) | ||
| Overnight 00:00–07:59 hours | 22.6% (21.0 to 24.2) | 15.5% (15.3 to 15.7) |
| Evening 18:30–23:59 hours | 29.4% (27.7 to 31.1) | 37.8% (37.5 to 38.1) |
| Daytime 08:00–18:29 hours | 48.0% (46.1 to 49.9) | 46.7% (46.4 to 47.0) |
| Outcome of the contact (percentage (95% CI)) | ||
| Acute admission (hospital, emergency department, ambulatory care unit) | 10.5% (9.3 to 11.7) | 7.43% (7.3 to 3.6) |
| Admission to hospice | 0.4% (0.1 to 0.6) | 0.03% (0.03 to 0.03) |
| Community input (hospital at home, community nursing, social services, minor injury unit, mental health team) | 7.4% (6.4 to 8.4) | 1.2% (1.1 to 1.3) |
| Did not attend/unable to contact/left before treatment | 0.3% (0.1 to 0.6) | 1.4% (1.3 to 1.5) |
| GP follow-up | 38.2% (36.3 to 40.0) | 36.8% (36.5 to 37.1) |
| No follow-up | 38.3% (36.3 to 40.0) | 49.3% (49.0 to 49.6) |
| Other | 5.1% (4.3 to 5.9) | 3.8% (3.7 to 4.0) |