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Table 4 Characteristics of hospice patients admitted during the peak period (May/June 2003) of the severe acute respiratory syndrome, stratified by accreditation level

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

   

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

    

   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)

 
  1. *Pearson's chi-square test, two-sided.
  2. **One-way analysis of variance, F (df) = 2.403 (2, 563).