Table 2.

Final palliative care phase type and length of phase prior to death

	Entire cohort	Hospital (PCU/hospice)	Community (home/racf/other)
	(N=25 679)	(N=19 292)	(N=6387)
Phase type (%)
Stable	2.4	1.1	6.4
Unstable	0.9	0.6	2.0
Deteriorating	11.3	9.0	18.4
Terminal	85.3	89.4	73.1
Time between first and last assessment (days)1
Median	8	6	21
IQR	3–21	2–15	7–54
Time between last assessment and death (days)
Median	1	1	2
IQR	1–3	1–3	1–5