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Table 2 Distribution of the cost, number of admissions, and length of stay in the last year of life variables

From: Costs of inpatient hospitalisations in the last year of life in older New Zealanders: a cohort study

Variable

Public hospital, MoH funded

Care home, MoH funded

MM (n, %)

MW (n, %)

NMM (n, %)

NMW (n, %)

Cost in the last year of life

No cost

No cost

17 (16.0)

22 (20.6)

17 (13.5)

23 (20.0)

Moderate cost

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (1.6)

2 (1.7)

High cost

0 (0)

1 (0.9)

3 (2.4)

0 (0)

Moderate cost

No cost

83 (78.3)

75 (70.1)

85 (67.5)

81 (70.4)

Moderate cost

3 (2.8)

3 (2.8)

10 (7.9)

5 (4.3)

High cost

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.8)

0 (0)

High cost

No cost

3 (2.8)

5 (4.7)

7 (5.6)

3 (2.6)

Moderate cost

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.8)

1 (0.9)

High cost

0 (0)

1 (0.9)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Number of admissions in the last year of life

No admissions

No admissions

17 (16.0)

24 (22.4)

19 (15.1)

24 (20.9)

1+ admissions

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (2.4)

2 (1.7)

Between 1 and 4 admissions

No admissions

66 (62.3)

68 (63.6)

76 (60.3)

68 (59.1)

1+ admissions

3 (2.8)

4 (3.7)

8 (6.3)

4 (3.5)

5 or more admissions

No admissions

20 (18.9)

11 (10.3)

17 (13.5)

15 (13.0)

1+ admissions

0 (0)

0 (0)

3 (2.4)

2 (1.7)

Length of stay in the last year of life

No stay in hospital

No stay in hospital

17 (16.0)

22 (20.6)

17 (13.5)

23 (20.0)

Between 1 and 39 days in hospital

0 (0)

0 (0)

2 (1.6)

0 (0)

40 or more days in hospital

0 (0)

1 (0.9)

3 (2.4)

2 (1.7)

1–39 days in hospital

No stay in hospital

75 (70.8)

72 (67.3)

79 (62.7)

71 (61.7)

Between 1 and 39 days in hospital

3 (2.8)

3 (2.8)

5 (4.0)

3 (2.6)

40 or more days in hospital

0 (0)

0 (0)

5 (4.0)

1 (0.9)

40 or more days in hospital

No stay in hospital

11 (10.4)

8 (7.5)

13 (10.3)

13 (11.3)

Between 1 and 39 days in hospital

0 (0)

0 (0)

1 (0.8)

1 (0.9)

40 or more days in hospital

0 (0)

1 (0.9)

1 (0.8)

1 (0.9)

Combined costs, both public hospital and care homes

 Cost in the last year of life

No cost

17 (16.0)

22 (20.6)

17 (13.5)

23 (20.0)

Moderate cost

86 (81.1)

78 (72.9)

97 (77.0)

88 (76.5)

High cost

3 (2.8)

7 (6.5)

12 (9.5)

4 (3.5)

  1. Note 1) Includes both public hospital (acute) and care home costs to the Ministry of Health
  2. Note 2) Moderate cost was between $1 and $50,000, and high cost was $50,000 and over
  3. Note 3) MM Māori men, MW Māori women, NMM non-Māori men, NMW non-Māori women