From: Hospice utilization during the SARS outbreak in Taiwan
 | Academic medical centres (N = 372), n (%) | Metropolitan hospitals (N = 165), n (%) | Local community hospitals (N = 29), n (%) | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | Â | Â | Â | 0.582* |
   Female | 159 (42.7) | 75 (45.5) | 15 (51.7) |  |
   Male | 213 (57.3) | 95 (54.5) | 14 (48.3) |  |
Age in years | 65.2 (SD 15.2) | 64.3 (SD 14.3) | 59.0 (SD 15.2) | 0.091** |
Primary diagnosis | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   Ca of trachea, bronchus, & lung | 63 (16.9) | 30 (18.2) | 5 (17.2) |  |
   Ca of liver & intrahepatic bile ducts | 58 (15.6) | 31 (18.8) | 4 (13.8) |  |
   Ca of colon | 26 (7.0) | 10 (6.1) | 1 (3.4) |  |
   Ca of female breast | 23 (6.2) | 13 (7.9) | 4 (13.8) |  |
   Ca of stomach | 21 (5.6) | 8 (4.8) | 1 (3.4) |  |
   Ca of pancreas | 17 (4.6) | 6 (3.6) | 1 (3.4) |  |
   Ca of rectum, rectosigmoid junction, & anus | 16 (4.3) | 4 (2.4) | 1 (3.4) |  |
   Ca of cervix uteri | 10 (2.7) | 7 (4.2) | 2 (6.9) |  |
   Others | 138 (37.1) | 56 (33.9) | 10 (34.5) |  |