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Table 5 Days spent in the hospital during the last year of life

From: Hospital care for children and young adults in the last year of life: a population-based study

 

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)