Hospice care in the Netherlands: who applies and who is admitted to inpatient care?

Table 2 Application Characteristics for inpatient hospice facility

	All applicants (n = 10254)		Admitted to inpatient hospice facility (n = 7966)		Not admitted to inpatient hospice facility (n = 2288)		P value
Type of institution	n	%	n	%	n	%
Standalone hospice facility	3512	34.3	2685	33.7	827	36.1
PCU in/with Nursing Home	3322	32.4	2514	31.6	808	35.3
Bijna Thuis Huis	3420	33.4	2767	34.7	653	28.6	<.001
Patient applied from
Hospital	5210	52.4	4077	51.2	1133	57.4
Home	3948	39.7	3237	40.6	711	36.0
Nursing Home	296	3.0	252	3.2	44	2.2
Care Home	287	2.9	231	2.9	56	2.8
Inpatient hospice	56	0.6	47	0.6	9	0.5
Other	142	1.5	121	1.5	21	1.1	<.001
Reason for application^a
Wish to die in a hospice	6948	70.5	5571	70.0	1377	72.9	.111
Intensive care/support	5144	52.2	4331	54.4	813	43.1	<.001
Relief for caregivers	4081	41.4	3443	43.2	638	33.8	<.001
Pain and symptom control	3933	39.9	3413	42.9	520	27.5	<.001
Time span of intended care
Until death	9534	96.2	7616	95.6	1918	98.5
Respite	379	3.8	350	4.4	29	1.5	<.001
Desired timing
ASAP	5379	52.5	4413	55.4	966	42.2
Within 1 month	4210	41.1	3352	44.6	658	28.8
Just-in-case	665	6.5	1	0	664	29.0	<.001
Who referred
GP	3021	29.5	2577	32.3	444	19.4
Nurse (hospital)	3872	37.8	3034	38.1	838	36.6
Patient or Family	1104	10.8	762	9.6	342	15.0
Nursing home staff	947	9.2	805	10.1	142	6.2
District nurse	466	4.5	419	5.3	47	2.1
Care mediation service	154	1.5	151	1.9	3	0.1
Other	690	6.7	218	2.7	472	20.6	<.001

Missing Values: Total n (Admitted, Not Admitted) Admitted From 315 (1, 314), Reason for Application 404 (4, 400), Timespan of Intended Care 341 (0, 341)
^aMore than one answer possible

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