Demographic |
• Female sex, n/N (%) | 265/369 (72) |
• Married and partner alive, n/N (%) | 139/369 (38) |
Clinical and functional |
• Median (IQR) no. of Charlson comorbidities† | 3.0 (2.0) |
• Sudden and unexpected death, n/N (%) | 32/369 (9) |
• Median (IQR) no. of medications | 4.0 (4.0) |
• Median (IQR) no. of debilities‡ | 2.0 (2.0) |
Use of health services |
• Visited the hospital ED in the 3 months before death, n/N (%) | 103/368 (28) |
• Median (IQR) no. of hospital ED visits in the 3 months before death | 0.0 (1.0) |
• Hospital admission in the 3 months before death, n/N (%) | 96/369 (26) |
• Death in facility (vs hospital), n/N (%) | 341/369 (92) |
• Median (IQR) no. of visits by family physician in the 3 months before death | 4.0 (5.0) |
• Continuity of family physician from admission to death, n/N (%) | 287/369 (78) |
• Median (IQR) length of stay (in weeks) from admission to extended care until death§ | 56.1 (125.3) |
• Median (IQR) no. of weeks “at risk” of “do not hospitalize” designation from admission to extended care|| | 2.0 (53.0) |
• Proportion of residents with “do not hospitalize” designation at time of death, n/N (%) | 321/367 (87) |