Table 5

Days spent in the hospital during the last year of life


PROPORTION OF CASES HOSPITALIZED FOR SPECIFIED NUMBER OF DAYS DURING LAST YEAR OF LIFE


0
1
2
3
4–7
8–14
15–21
22–30
31–60
61–90
91–365
TOTAL

AGE AT DEATH
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
%
% (n)
All Cases












< 1 week
6.0
54.0
19.3
8.5
12.3






100 (1,143)
1–4 weeks
14.6
2.3
14.6
2.6
6.4
38.6
19.9
10.8



100 (342)
1–12 months
40.3
2.3
6.7
5.5
10.2
6.4
3.5
4.2
10.4
4.3
6.0
100 (1,046)
> 1 year
65.2
4.8
5.1
2.3
4.8
3.8
2.6
2.2
4.5
2.2
2.6
100 (6,362)
CCC Cases












< 1 week
0.0
51.3
22.3
11.4
15.1






100 (458)
1–4 weeks
0.0
2.9
0.6
2.9
8.1
45.9
23.3
16.3



100 (172)
1–12 months
0.0
2.1
2.8
1.8
8.7
7.7
8.7
9.1
28.0
12.9
18.2
100 (286)
> 1 year
16.5
2.2
4.2
2.6
9.5
10.1
8.3
7.7
18.6
8.9
11.4
100 (1,345)

Feudtner et al. BMC Medicine 2003 1:3   doi:10.1186/1741-7015-1-3