Table 6: DISCHARGE OUTCOMES AND
CAUSE OF DEATH
| Discharge
outcomes |
N=115 |
|
Median days enrolled |
|
|
n |
(%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All patients with discharge outcomes |
115 |
(100) |
|
54 (range 1- 529) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Died while in care |
63 |
(55) |
|
35 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nursing home / hospice (end-of-life
care) |
29 |
(17) |
|
31 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nursing home (chronic care) |
14 |
(12) |
|
15 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Medical discharge1 |
8 |
(7) |
|
199 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Self-discharge against medical advice |
11 |
(10) |
|
180 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Cause of death |
|
|
|
N=63 |
|
|
|
|
|
n |
(%) |
|
AIDS |
|
|
|
24 |
(38) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bacterial pneumonia/sepsis |
|
|
|
12 |
(19) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cancer |
|
|
|
12 |
(19) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liver failure/ cirrhosis |
|
|
|
11 |
(17) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
End-stage renal disease |
|
|
|
1 |
(2) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ALS |
|
|
|
1 |
(2) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
|
|
|
1 |
(2) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Congestive heart failure |
|
|
|
1 |
(2) |
1 Patients deemd by clinical team
to no longer need palliative care intervention.
[Citation: Selwyn PA, Rivard M, Kappell D, Goeren B, LaFosse H, Schwartz C, Caraballo R, Luciano D, Post LF. Palliative care for AIDS at a large urban teaching hospital: Program description and preliminary outcomes. Innovations in End-of-Life Care. 2002;4(3), www.edc.org/lastacts/]
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