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Table 2 Healthcare utilization and living situation depending on type of cancer death

From: Care pathways at end-of-life for cancer decedents: registry based analyses of the living situation, healthcare utilization and costs for all cancer decedents in Norway in 2009-2013 during their last 6 months of life

 

Lung (n = 8,701)

Colorectal (n = 6,468)

Prostate (n = 4,658)

Breast (n = 3,123)

Cervix (n = 353)

Other (n = 29,623)

AME

95% CI

AME

95% CI

AME

95% CI

AME

95% CI

AME

95% CI

AME

95% CI

Inpatient consultations1

3.6

(3.5

3.7)

3.5

(3.4

3.6)

3.7

(3.6

3.9)

3.1

(3.0

3.2)

4.1

(3.8

4.5)

4.1

(4.1

4.2)

Outpatient consultations2

7.6

(7.5

7.8)

7.4

(7.2

7.6)

6.6

(6.4

6.8)

7.7

(7.5

8.0)

5.8

(5.2

6.5)

7.3

(7.2

7.4)

GP consultations2

13.4

(13.2

13.6)

11.7

(11.4

11.9)

14.0

(13.6

14.4)

10.2

(9.9

10.6)

11.8

(10.5

13.0)

12.6

(12.5

12.7)

ER visits1

3.1

(3.0

3.2)

2.8

(2.7

2.9)

3.4

(3.3

3.5)

2.6

(2.4

2.7)

2.8

(2.4

3.3)

2.9

(2.9

3.0)

Hours PA2

10.0

(9.2

10.7)

8.4

(7.7

9.0)

9.2

(8.4

10.1)

8.4

(7.6

9.2)

6.4

(4.8

8.1)

8.6

(8.1

9.2)

Hours nursing care2

50.1

(48.2

51.9)

49.2

(47.2

51.1)

56.2

(53.6

58.8)

43.0

(40.5

45.6)

48.6

(40.2

57.1)

49.3

(48.0

50.5)

Days in hospital1

21.3

(21.0

21.7)

21.8

(21.4

22.3)

21.9

(21.2

22.5)

19.3

(18.6

20.1)

24.9

(22.4

27.4)

25.0

(24.7

25.2)

Days in STI2

17.7

(17.1

18.4)

15.5

(14.9

16.1)

19.7

(18.8

20.7)

13.8

(12.9

14.7)

18.5

(15.0

22.0)

16.4

(16.0

16.7)

Days in LTI2

21.2

(19.8

22.6)

24.9

(23.4

26.4)

33.4

(31.1

35.7)

32.4

(29.7

35.1)

20.8

(14.1

27.6)

22.8

(22.1

23.4)

Days at home3

127.9

(126.7

129.2)

123.1

(121.8

124.5)

112.6

(110.8

114.4)

119.4

(117.1

121.7)

118.4

(111.7

125.1)

122.3

(121.6

122.9)

Secondary care costs4

199,685

(196,452

202,917)

233,471

(228,849

238,093)

183,577

(178,763

188,392)

175,578

(169,879

181,277)

222,772

(200,137

245,408)

232,658

(230,448

234,869)

Primary care costs5

12,716

(12,436

12,995)

11,350

(11,050

11,649)

13,982

(13,543

14,422)

9,737

(9,310

10,164)

11,538

(9,882

13,193)

12,313

(12,161

12,466)

HAC based care costs4

128,917

(124,160

133,675)

143,728

(138,421

149,035)

191,283

(183,226

199,339)

151,476

(143,953

158,998)

154,483

(130,857

178,109)

145,196

(142,780

147,612)

Total costs6

341,318

(336,511

346,125)

392,655

(386,895

398,415)

383,099

(376,291

389,907)

360,437

(351,767

369,106)

383,619

(355,453

411,785)

385,705

(382,855

388,554)

  1. Numbers given as average marginal effect (AME) with 95% confidence intervals. Each row represents one regression analysis. Results from regression analyses using fully adjusted models (including covariates age, gender, marital status, comorbidities, years since diagnosis, period, education and income)
  2. 1 Negative binomial 2
  3. 2 Negative binomial 1
  4. 3 Two part model, logistic regression (first part) GLM with identity link and gaussian distribution (second part)
  5. 4 GLM with log link and gamma distribution
  6. 5 GLM with log link and identity distribution
  7. 6 GLM with identity link and gaussian distribution
  8. PA Practical assistance, STI short-term institution, LTI long-term institution, HAC home- and community based care
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