Table 2 Hospitalisations during the Last Months of Life
12–4 months before Death | ≤3 months before Death | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N% | HR | MD | RT | HR | MD | RT | ||
Age (in years) | <70 | 64 | 2.1 | 13.7 | 7.3 | 4.8 | 11.3 | 12.8 |
70 – 79 | 135 | 1.8 | 12.6 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 11.3 | 14.4 | |
80 – 89 | 404 | 1.4 | 13.6 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 11.6 | 12.4 | |
90+ | 189 | 1.1 | 14.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 9.9 | 9.1 | |
Gender | Men | 232 | 1.6 | 12.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 10.5 | 12.6 |
Women | 560 | 1.3 | 14.2 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 11.4 | 11.6 | |
Care level$ (in minutes) | 0 – <= 60 | 144 | 1.7 | 12.2 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 10.6 | 12.3 |
>60 – <= 120 | 129 | 1.6 | 15.5 | 6.4 | 5.5 | 13.4 | 16.7 | |
>120 – <= 160 | 145 | 1.1 | 14.1 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 9.8 | 9.5 | |
160< | 138 | 1.4 | 13.0 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 10.6 | 8.4 | |
LongTerm & | no | 653 | 1.6 | 14.1 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 11.3 | 12.2 |
yes | 139 | 1.2 | 12.8 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 10.7 | 10.8 | |
Transfer to NH § | from home | 270 | 1.5 | 13.0 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 10.8 | 11.2 |
from hospital | 289 | 1.4 | 15.4 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 11.7 | 13.5 | |
Place of death | in NH | 234 | 2.0 | 13.9 | 7.0 | 4.8 | 12.8 | 14.4 |
in hospital | 229 | 1.8 | 12.9 | 6.1 | 10.0 | 10.1 | 21.7 | |
Total | 792 | 1.4 | 13.5 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 11.1 | 11.9 | |