Table 4.

Outcomes of contacts with patients documented palliative vs those not documented palliative

Outcome of contact	Documented as palliative		Not documented as palliative
	Frequency	Percentage of contacts	Frequency	Percentage of contacts
Acute admission (hospital, A&E, EMU)	35	2.7%	243	18.0%
Admission to hospice	10	0.8%	0	0.0%
Community input (H@H, comm nursing, SS, MIU)	166	12.7%	31	2.3%
Unable to contact	2	0.2%	7	0.5%
General practitioner follow-up	493	37.6%	522	38.6%
No follow-up	534	40.8%	482	35.7%
Other (OP clinic, passed to another provider)	68	5.2%	63	4.7%
Outcome missing	2	0.2%	3	0.2%
Total	1310	100.0%	1351	100.0%

EMU, Emergency Multidsciplinary Unit; SS, social services; MIU, Minor Injuries Unit; OP, Out-patient.