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Table 1 Organisation-level characteristics (n = 100)

From: Organisational and advance care planning program characteristics associated with advance care directive completion: a prospective multicentre cross-sectional audit among health and residential aged care services caring for older Australians

Characteristic

GP

Hospital

RACF#

Overall

Location

Total n (%)

15 (15)

27 (27)

58 (58)

100 (100)

Metropolitan

Regional

Rural/Remote

Jurisdiction

Australian Capital Territory

0 (0)

2 (7)

1 (2)

3 (3)

2 (67)

1 (33)

0 (0)

New South Wales

1 (7)

8 (30)

20 (34)

29 (29)

14 (48)

14 (48)

1 (4)

Northern Territory

5 (33)

1 (4)

0 (0)

6 (6)

1 (17)

0 (0)

5 (83)

Queensland

1 (7)

7 (26)

14 (24)

22 (22)

10 (45)

11 (50)

1 (5)

South Australia

2 (13)

0 (0)

7 (12)

9 (9)

2 (22)

4 (44)

3 (34)

Tasmania

1 (7)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (100)

Victoria

4 (26)

7 (26)

15(26)

26 (26)

16 (62)

8 (31)

2 (7)

Western Australia

1 (7)

2 (7)

1 (2)

4 (4)

2 (50)

1 (25)

1 (25)

Location

Metropolitan

4 (27)

14 (52)

29 (50)

47 (47)

   

Regional

3 (20)

13 (48)

23 (40)

39 (39)

   

Rural/Remote

8 (53)

0 (0)

6 (10)

14 (14)

   

Service Funding

Government

0 (0)

23 (85)

8 (14)

31 (31)

   

Not for profit

1 (7)

1 (4)

42 (72)

44 (44)

   

Private

14 (93)

3 (11)

8 (14)

25 (25)

   

Size (Median, IQRa)

Doctor Full time equivalent

5, IQR =4.9

X

X

X

   

Nurse Full time equivalent

2, IQR 1.95

X

X

X

   

Number of beds

X

800, IQR = 270

120, IQR = 47.75

X

   

Access to My Health Recordb

Yes

14 (93)

16 (59)

2 (4)

32 (32)

   

No

0 (0)

8 (30)

32 (55)

40 (40)

   

Unsure

1 (7)

3 (11)

24 (41)

28 (28)

   
  1. GP General Practice, RACF Residential aged care facility
  2. a IQR Interquartile range
  3. bAustralian e-Health Record