Reason for ineligibility | Inpatient hospice, n (%) | Hospital, n (%) | Community, n (%) | Total, n (%) |
Non-cancer diagnosis | 1027 (66) | 1489 (91) | 1012 (70) | 3528 (76) |
Already in the study | 306 (20) | 15 (<1) | 107 (7) | 428 (9) |
Not classified as ‘palliative’* | 108 (7) | 59 (4) | 174 (12) | 341 (7) |
Insufficient English language | 86 (5) | 24 (1) | 138 (9) | 248 (5) |
Curative cancer | 27 (2) | 41 (3) | 25 (2) | 93 (2) |
Under 18 years old | 0 (0) | 6 (<1) | 0 (0) | 6 (<1) |
Total | 1554 (100) | 1634 (100) | 1456 (100) | 4644 (100)† |
*Expected to live more than 1 year.
†Total number of ineligible patients, n=4642. For two patients there were more than one reasons for not being eligible for the study.