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Table 2 Number, Type and Cost of Wishes Implemented

From: Scale-up and sustainability of a personalized end-of-life care intervention: a longitudinal mixed-methods study

Wish Implementation

 Average number of wishes/patient, n (SD)

5.5 (2.2)

Categorization of Wishes

 Facilitating Connections

216 (10.7)

 Providing Food & Beverages

93 (4.6)

 Personalizing the Environment

348 (17.2)

 Humanizing the Patient

111 (5.5)

 Music

179 (8.8)

 Family Care

280 (13.8)

 Rituals and Spiritual Support

263 (13.0)

 Preparations and Final Arrangements

193 (9.5)

 Word Clouds

170 (8.4)

 Keepsakes & Tributes

87 (4.3)

 Organ & Tissue Donation

24 (1.2)

 Paying it Forward

53 (2.6)

 Miscellaneous

8 (0.4)

Cost of Wishes

 Average cost/wish n, (SD)

8.06 (25.40)

 Wishes that benefitted from a donation, n (%)

370 (18.7)

 Wishes that cost 3WP nothing to implement, n (%)

1603 (80.9)

  1. Legend: In this table, we describe 1982 terminal wishes implemented for 369 dying critically ill patients at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
  2. US exchange rate on May 24, 2019 = 1.34CAD
  3. Cost of wishes based on completed wishes, total of 3407 wishes