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Table 3 Health outcomes of decedents in the last 90 days of life

From: Critical care at the end of life: a population-level cohort study of cost and outcomes

 

Number of decedents with ICU use in last 90 days of life (n, (%)) (N = 47,763)

Number of decedents with no ICU use in last 90 days of life (n, (%)) (N = 216,991)

Total number of decedents (n, (%)) (N = 264,754)

Location of death

 Acute care

42,381 (88.7)

78,602 (36.2)

120,983 (45.7)

 Long term care

756 (1.6)

45,409 (20.9)

46,165 (17.4)

 Complex continuing care

1746 (3.7)

18513 (8.5)

20,259 (7.7)

 Home while receiving home care

1272 (2.7)

26,644 (12.3)

27,916 (10.5)

 Rehabilitation

81 (0.2)

340 (0.2)

421 (0.2)

 Other

1527 (3.2)

47,483 (21.9)

49,010 (18.5)

Readmission in last 90 days

 To hospital

19,211 (40.2)

36,649 (16.9)

55,860 (21.1)

 To ICU

5491 (11.5)

N/A

5491 (2.1)

Feeding tube during hospitalization

 No

45,746 (95.8)

215,097 (99.1)

260,843 (98.5)

 Yes

2017 (4.2)

1894 (0.9)

3911 (1.5)

Heart resuscitation during hospitalization

 No

42,265 (88.5)

214,667 (98.9)

256,932 (97.1)

 Yes

5498 (11.5)

2324 (1.1)

7822 (3.0)