Table 1 Overview of patient referrals by hospice site
| Hospice | Number of referrals analysed | Source of referrala | Hospice service referred to | Cancer as primary diagnosis % |
Male % |
Female % |
Age Mean (range) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60 |
48% Hospital 42% GP 5% Hospital SPC 5% Hospital and GP |
83% Community 15% Inpatient 2% Day therapies | 88% | 48% | 52% |
72 (48–93 yrs) |
| 2 | 62 |
39% Hospital 29% GP 31% Hospital SPC 2% Hospital SPC and GP |
89% Community 10% Inpatient 2% Day therapies | 90% | 55% | 45% |
74 (37–93 yrs) |
| 3 | 60 |
5% Hospital 20% GP 57% Hospital SPC 18% Community SPC |
0% Community 48% Inpatient 52% Day therapies | 95% | 48% | 52% |
69 (30–94 yrs) |
| 4 | 57 |
39% Hospital 28% GP 25% Hospital SPC 2% Hospital SPC & GP 2% Community SPC 5% Hospital and GP |
51% Community 21% Inpatient 21% Day therapies 7% Unknown | 74% | 54% | 46% |
74 (22–97 yrs) |
| All sites combined | 239 |
33% Hospital 30% GP 29% Hospital SPC 1% Hospital SPC & GP 5% Community SPC 3% Hospital and GP |
56% Community 23% Inpatient 19% Day therapies 2% Unknown | 87% | 51% | 49% |
72 (22–97 yrs) |