Utilization of health care services in the last 6 months of life among individuals who died in hospital (n = 433 074)
| Fiscal year | Health care service utilized; % of patients receiving (“yes”) and not receiving (“no”) palliative care | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospital admission | ED visits | Saw ≥ 10 physicians | ICU admission | Mechanical ventilation | ||||||
| Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |
| All | 99.8 | 99.5 | 96.2 | 96.0 | 76.9 | 66.7 | 26.6 | 48.6 | 18.9 | 38.9 |
| 2004 | 99.9 | 99.9 | 93.2 | 95.6 | 69.3 | 58.4 | 16.5 | 44.5 | 8.2 | 31.9 |
| 2005 | 99.9 | 99.8 | 94.0 | 95.9 | 69.9 | 59.0 | 18.5 | 45.9 | 10.2 | 33.8 |
| 2006 | 99.9 | 99.8 | 94.8 | 96.1 | 72.9 | 64.5 | 19.7 | 45.6 | 11.2 | 35.5 |
| 2007 | 99.9 | 99.6 | 95.4 | 96.1 | 75.2 | 67.5 | 24.0 | 47.4 | 16.0 | 37.5 |
| 2008 | 99.8 | 99.4 | 95.9 | 95.9 | 75.8 | 68.0 | 25.0 | 46.8 | 18.1 | 37.5 |
| 2009 | 99.8 | 99.2 | 96.1 | 95.6 | 77.0 | 69.1 | 27.0 | 49.7 | 19.6 | 41.1 |
| 2010 | 99.8 | 99.1 | 96.6 | 95.7 | 77.7 | 70.7 | 27.1 | 50.6 | 19.9 | 42.7 |
| 2011 | 99.8 | 99.3 | 96.8 | 96.3 | 78.7 | 72.0 | 28.6 | 52.1 | 20.8 | 43.6 |
| 2012 | 99.8 | 99.3 | 97.2 | 96.2 | 78.9 | 71.6 | 30.2 | 52.5 | 21.9 | 44.7 |
| 2013 | 99.8 | 99.2 | 97.2 | 96.1 | 80.5 | 73.2 | 31.4 | 54.6 | 23.6 | 46.9 |
| 2014 | 99.8 | 99.2 | 97.3 | 96.4 | 80.6 | 73.3 | 31.5 | 53.8 | 24.2 | 46.5 |
| Absolute difference, % (95% CI)* | 0.3 (0.3 to 0.3) | 0.2 (0.1 to 0.3) | 10.2 (10.0 to 10.5) | 22.0 (21.7 to 22.3) | 20.1 (19.8 to 20.3) | |||||
Note: CI = confidence interval, ED = emergency department, ICU = intensive care unit.
↵* The absolute difference, calculated by subtraction, compares utilization of each health care service between fiscal year 2004 and fiscal year 2014 for individuals who did (“yes”) and did not (“no”) receive palliative care in the last 6 months of life.