From: Referral patterns and proximity to palliative care inpatient services by level of socio-economic disadvantage. A national study using spatial analysis
Patient-level data
SEIFA Group
Low4
Medium
High4
Age (years)
Mean2
70.3
70.1
71.3
Median
72
73
IQR1
19
20
Distance from inpatient care (kilometres)
Mean3
43.4
29.9
14.6
9.9
9.4
8.1
25.8