Table 3.
Results—pattern characteristics and comparison 2006-2009/2016
| Samples |
ONC pattern |
PALL pattern |
SEG pattern |
CONC pattern |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 2016 | 2006 | 2016 | 2006 | 2016 | 2006 | 2016 | 2006 | 2016 | |
| n (% of sample) | 345 | 64 | 70 (20) | 5 (8) | 155 (45) | 21 (33) | 57 (17) | 9 (14) | 63 (18) | 29 (45) |
| Age (years) | ||||||||||
| Mean ± SD | 65 ± 13 | 64 ± 14 | 64 ± 11 | 58 ± 17 | 66 ± 13 | 65 ± 16 | 62 ± 13 | 68 ± 12 | 60 ± 12 | 66 ± 14 |
| Median | 65 | 64 | 63 | 55 | 67 | 69 | 63 | 71 | 62 | 63 |
| Range | 20-91 | 36-92 | 38-82 | 37-79 | 20-91 | 40-90 | 27-84 | 52-88 | 23-85 | 35-92 |
| Male (%) | 64 | 45 | 64 | 20 | 65 | 52 | 72 | 33 | 57 | 48 |
| Tumor type, n (% of sample) | ||||||||||
| Gastrointestinal | 115 (33) | 9 (14) | 23 (20) | 0 | 53 (46) | 2 (10) | 20 (17) | 2 (22) | 19 (17) | 5 (17) |
| Thoracic | 63 (18) | 20 (30) | 15 (23) | 2 (40) | 28 (44) | 5 (24) | 13 (21) | 5 (56) | 7 (11) | 8 (28) |
| Genitourinary | 49 (14) | 6 (9) | 10 (20) | 0 | 16 (33) | 2 (10) | 11 (23) | 1 (11) | 12 (25) | 3 (10) |
| Ear, nose and throat | 41 (12) | 10 (16) | 3 (7) | 0 | 24 (59) | 3 (14) | 3 (7) | 1 (11) | 11 (27) | 6 (21) |
| Gynecological | 30 (9) | 6 (9) | 10 (33) | 2 (40) | 11 (37) | 4 (19) | 4 (13) | 0 | 5 (17) | 0 |
| Hematological | 11 (3) | 6 (9) | 3 (27) | 0 | 3 (27) | 1 (5) | 3 (27) | 0 | 2 (18) | 5 (17) |
| Other | 36 (10) | 7 (11) | 6 (17) | 1 (20) | 20 (56) | 4 (19) | 3 (8) | 0 | 7 (19) | 2 (7) |
| Joint palliative-oncology visits | ||||||||||
| Patients with ≥1 joint visits, n (%) | 83 (24) | 31 (48) | 17 (24) | 3 (60) | 14 (9) | 3 (14) | 24 (42) | 3 (33) | 28 (44) | 22 (76) |
| Mean number of joint visits | 1.27 | 1.84 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
| Months from first palliative outpatient consultation until death occurred | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | n = 345 | n = 14 | n = 70 | n = 0 | n = 155 | n = 7 | n = 57 | n = 2 | n = 63 | n = 5 |
| Mean | 7.63 | 2.83 | 9.04 | N/A | 4.44 | 2.52 | 8.84 | 1.02 | 12.85 | 3.98 |
| Median | 4.5 | 1.95 | 4.92 | N/A | 2.17 | 1.23 | 6.00 | 1.02 | 12.30 | 3.97 |
| Range | 0.06-39.67 | 0.53-8.00 | 0.06-39.67 | N/A | 0.06-37.63 | 0.53-5.27 | 0.27-35.1 | 0.73-1.30 | 1.60-36.23 | 0.70-8.00 |
CONC pattern, concurrent integrated care pattern; ONC pattern, oncology-led pattern; PALL pattern, palliative care-led pattern; SEG pattern, segmented integrated care pattern.