Table 2 Characteristics of the palliative care services and treatment decisions in patients with nonmalignant pulmonary disease and lung cancer
Total | Nonmalignant pulmonary disease | Lung cancer | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All patients, n (%) | 536 | (100) | 107 | (20) | 429 | (80) | |
Patients receiving specialist palliative care, n (%) | 391 | (73) | 74 | (69) | 317 | (74) | 0.324 |
Patients visiting palliative care outpatient clinic, n (%) | 230 | (43) | 6 | (6) | 224 | (52) | < 0.001 |
Patients receiving palliative care team consultation, n (%) | 265 | (49) | 71 | (66) | 194 | (45) | < 0.001 |
Patients referred to palliative care pathway, n (%) | 456 | (85) | 84 | (79) | 372 | (87) | 0.033 |
Place of palliative care decision, n (%) | 0.006 | ||||||
Ward | 249 | (46) | 64 | (60) | 185 | (43) | |
Outpatient clinic | 235 | (44) | 30 | (28) | 205 | (48) | |
Intensive care unit | 5 | (1) | 2 | (2) | 3 | (1) | |
Othera | 47 | (9) | 11 | (10) | 36 | (8) | |
Patients having DNAR order, n (%) | 525 | (98) | 107 | (100) | 418 | (97) | 0.132 |
Patients having a decision to withhold intensive care, n (%) | 352 | (66) | 85 | (79) | 267 | (62) | < 0.001 |