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Table 1 Differences between bimonthly patient-days in individual hospice wards during 2003 and those at the same periods in 2002

From: Hospice utilization during the SARS outbreak in Taiwan

Hospice

March/April

May/June

July/August

September/October

A

-5%

-98%

-59%

-31%

B

-8%

-94%

-39%

-7%

C

19%

-64%

-20%

-21%

D

-22%

-57%

-21%

-27%

E

-8%

-50%

-9%

3%

F

20%

-45%

2%

8%

G

-3%

-44%

-25%

-9%

H

0%

-44%

0%

-2%

I

-11%

-41%

-39%

-37%

J

7%

-15%

20%

-13%

K

2%

-5%

5%

27%

L

-18%

0%

-4%

1%

M

-11%

5%

-1%

9%

N

-10%

6%

7%

-4%

O

32%

15%

51%

32%

Total

-3%

-46%

-13%

-4%

  1. *Difference = ((patient-days in two months of 2003) – (patient-days in two months of 2002))/(patient-days in two months of 2002).