The number of patients referred to specialist palliative care (SPC) from liver professionals by type of care and diagnosis
| Number referred by liver professionals to SPC | Number of referrals received by SPC | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inpatient care | Outpatient care | Cirrhosis | ||||
| N | Per cent | N | Per cent | N | Per cent | |
| None | 7 | 4 | 71 | 44 | 37 | 14 |
| 1–5 | 45 | 28 | 51 | 32 | 158 | 59 |
| 6–10 | 49 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 45 | 17 |
| 11–20 | 38 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 25 | 9 |
| 21+ | 22 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 161 | 161 | 269 | |||