Adjusted relative use of hospital for patients who died of heart failure or COPD when compared with patients with cancer
| Hospital admissions | Died of cancer | Died of heart failure* | Died of COPD* |
| Relative total bed day use (95% CI) | |||
| 6 months before death | 1.0 (reference) | 0.65 (0.63 to 0.67) | 0.68 (0.66 to 0.69) |
| 30 days before death | 1 | 0.65 (0.63 to 0.68) | 0.70 (0.68 to 0.71) |
| Relative number of hospital admissions (95% CI) | |||
| 6 months before death | 1 | 0.84 (0.83 to 0.85) | 0.85 (0.84 to 0.86) |
| 30 days before death | 1 | 0.95 (0.94 to 0.96) | 0.95 (0.95 to 0.96) |
| Relative length of stay per hospital admission (95% CI) | |||
| 6 months before death | 1 | 1.07 (1.04 to 1.10) | 1.15 (1.13 to 1.17) |
| 30 days before death | 1 | 0.75 (0.72 to 0.78) | 0.82 (0.80 to 0.84) |
| Prevalence proportion ratio of in-hospital death (95% CI) | 1 | 1.03 (1.00 to 1.06) | 0.95 (0.93 to 0.97) |
*Adjusted for age, sex, comorbidity, partner status and residential region.
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.