Hospital-based acute care use in the last 30 days of life
| Hospital-based acute care in the last 30 days of life | Indicators aggregated | |||||
| >1 ED visit | >1 hospital admission | Any ICU admission | >14 days in hospital | Death in an acute care hospital or bed | ||
| All decedents | 4224 (9) | 3861 (8) | 3073 (7) | 9903 (21) | 19 679 (42) | 22 712 (48) |
| Cause of death | ||||||
| Cancer | 1960 (11) | 2007 (11) | 607 (3) | 4645 (25) | 7416 (41) | 9281 (51) |
| Heart disease, failure | 1162 (8) | 927 (6) | 1533 (10) | 2418 (16) | 6337 (42) | 6904 (45) |
| Dementia, senility | 143 (3) | 126 (3) | 16 (0) | 673 (13) | 1020 (20) | 1259 (25) |
| Stroke | 339 (11) | 227 (7) | 312 (10) | 644 (21) | 1846 (59) | 1958 (63) |
| COPD | 323 (11) | 298 (10) | 247 (9) | 707 (24) | 1590 (55) | 1724 (59) |
| Liver disease | 168 (16) | 180 (17) | 271 (26) | 448 (43) | 792 (76) | 811 (78) |
| Neurodegenerative diseases | 57 (6) | 46 (5) | 42 (4) | 180 (18) | 367 (36) | 425 (42) |
| Renovascular disease, failure | 72 (12) | 50 (8) | 45 (7) | 188 (30) | 311 (50) | 350 (57) |
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ED, emergency department; ICU, intensive care unit.