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Table 3 Demographic and proximity data at a patient level for all people in the Australian Palliative Care Outcomes Collaboration database July 1 – December 31, 2009, by Socio-Economic Index for Areas of Disadvantage (2006 Census data; SEIFA)

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

72

73

IQR1

19

20

20

Distance from inpatient care (kilometres)

Mean3

43.4

29.9

14.6

Median

9.9

9.4

8.1

 

IQR1

25.8

14.6

9.9

  1. 1 Inter quartile range.
  2. 2 High SEIFA group significantly older than both other groups (multiple t-test: largest p = 0.002).
  3. 3 Low SEIFA group significantly greater than both other groups (multiple t-test: largest p < 0.001).
  4. 4 SEIFA low – most disadvantaged; SEIFA high – most advantaged.