Episode-level data | Â | SEIFA group | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Low3 | Medium | High3 | Total | ||||
 |  | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Place of care1 | Inpatient | 2,919 | 63% | 2,871 | 63% | 2,358 | 71% | 8,148 | 65% |
Community | 1,703 | 37% | 1,693 | 37% | 979 | 29% | 4,375 | 35% | |
Phase at beginning of a patient’s palliative care episode | Stable2 | 1,076 | 24% | 971 | 23% | 620 | 19% | 2,667 | 22% |
Unstable | 1,786 | 40% | 1,639 | 38% | 1,405 | 44% | 4,830 | 40% | |
Deteriorating | 1,246 | 28% | 1,367 | 32% | 960 | 30% | 3,573 | 30% | |
 | Terminal | 343 | 8% | 320 | 7% | 219 | 7% | 882 | 7% |