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Mean Palliative Care Patient Service Utilization by Gender: 1992/93 – 1998/99 |
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| Annual GP visits |
Annual specialist visits |
Nights spent in hospital annually |
Monthly hours of home support |
Monthly home nursing care visits |
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| M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
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| 1992/93 |
19.2 |
21.3 |
14.3 |
19.4 |
99.9 |
106.7 |
15.3 |
26.0 |
23.0 |
29.8 |
| 1993/94 |
15.0 |
15.7 |
13.8 |
13.3 |
102.9 |
185.5 |
21.9** |
31.0 |
25.7** |
26.7 |
| 1994/95 |
15.1 |
13.9 |
12.9 |
13.6 |
136.6 |
172.3 |
24.6 |
30.9 |
19.7 |
22.0 |
| 1995/96 |
15.3 |
14.9 |
12.7 |
12.4 |
139.1 |
176.0 |
24.9 |
26.9 |
21.5 |
22.5 |
| 1996/97 |
12.8 |
13.9 |
11.9* |
14.6 |
138.1 |
211.4 |
26.2* |
30.5 |
19.5 |
24.0 |
| 1997/98 |
6.8 |
7.3 |
6.8 |
6.8 |
205.9 |
313.4 |
31.8** |
28.2 |
23.1 |
25.3 |
| 1998/99 |
3.0 |
3.0 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
117.9 |
150.1 |
18.9 |
27.4 |
17.3 |
21.7 |
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*p < .05; **p < .01 (t-test results comparing males and females) | ||||||||||
Allan et al. BMC Palliative Care 2005 4:2 doi:10.1186/1472-684X-4-2 |
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