Figure 3
Odds ratios (and 95% confidence intervals) of the adjusted effect of inpatient palliative care consultation and pre-terminal initiation palliative care on death in hospital, admission into intensive care units in the last 30 days of life and alternate level of care bed use in the last 30 days of life, decedents in Canadian provinces (excluding Quebec), 2010 to 2014

Figure 3 Odds ratios (and 95% confidence intervals) of the adjusted effect of inpatient palliative care consultation and pre-terminal initiation palliative care on death in hospital, admission into intensive care units in the last 30 days of life and alternate level of care bed use in the last 30 days of life, decedents in Canadian provinces (excluding Quebec), 2010 to 2014

Data table for Figure 3
 
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Table summary
This table displays the results of Data table for chart 3 OR, 95% confidence interval, From and To, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
OR 95% confidence interval
From To
percent
Receipt of inpatient palliative care vs. none (Among decedents with at least one hospitalization in the year prior to death)
Hospital death 3.22 3.16 3.28
ICU admission (last 30 days of life) 0.31 0.31 0.32
ALC bed use (last 30 days of life) 1.02 1.00 1.04
Palliative care initiation, pre-terminal vs. terminal (Among decedents who received inpatient palliative care and were hospitalized at least once prior to the last 30 days of life)
Hospital death 0.16 0.15 0.17
ICU admission (last 30 days of life) 0.28 0.24 0.33
ALC bed use (last 30 days of life) 0.52 0.49 0.56
Notes: ICU=intensive care unit; ALC=alternate level of care.
Sources: Canadian Vital Statistics Death Database, excluding decedents in Quebec and the territories, 2010 to 2014; Discharge Abstract Database, fiscal years 2009 to 2014.

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