Data from CIHI’s NACRS, which tracks ED use, was used to examine ED visits by cancer patients who died
in acute care hospitals in 2011–2012. Of the 2,785 patients in the current study from Alberta, 1,706 (61%)
visited the ED in their last 28 days of life. A total of 22% of patients did not visit the ED because they were
already in hospital 28 days before they died. The demographics and cancer types of the patients who visited
the ED are provided in Table 4 below.