More than two in three (69%) cancer patients in this study were admitted through the ED in their final acute
care admission. However, a closer examination of all of their admissions through the ED in the last 28 days
of life revealed some encouraging results. Specifically, the likelihood of admission through the ED decreased
with successive admissions in the last 28 days of life. This may suggest that care became better managed,
palliative care was arranged or coordination of care became better established as patients got closer to death