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Table 3 Types of cancer care in the last three months by geographical location (N = 792)

From: Geographical disparities in treatment and health care costs for end-of-life cancer patients in China: a retrospective study

Characteristics

Urban (N = 195)

Rural (N = 597)

P- value

Western (N = 162)

Central

(N = 242)

Eastern

(N = 388)

P - value

Type of treatment (before doctors determined no further treatment to be provided), No. (%)

  

0.00

   

0.00

 Life-extending treatment

124 (63.59)

255 (42.71)

 

90 (55.56)

92 (38.02)

197 (50.77)

 

 Conservative treatment

71 (36.41)

317 (57.29)

 

72(44.44)

150(61.98)

191 (49.23)

 

Health care utilization

 Hospital (include hospice), No. (%)

  

0.00

   

0.00

  Yes

179 (91.79)

431 (72.19)

 

139 (85.80)

172 (71.07)

299 (77.06)

 

  No

16 (8.21)

166 (27.81)

 

23 (14.20)

70 (28.94)

89 (22.94)

 

 Per capita hospital admissions, mean (SD)

2.13 (2.02)

1.51 (1.62)

0.00

2.02 (1.52)

1.44 (1.43)

1.66 (1.97)

0.00

 Per capita hospital days, mean (SD)

41.13 (30.00)

23.49 (25.28)

 

27.22 (22.23)

25.24 (26.77)

29.72 (29.90)

0.00

 Hospice care, No. (%)

  

0.00

   

0.00

  Yes

24 (12.31)

16 (2.68)

 

18 (11.11)

10 (4.13)

12 (3.09)

 

  No

171 (87.69)

538 (97.32)

 

98 (88.89)

232 (95.87)

376 (96.81)

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