Table 2.

First time use of hospice or palliative care among patients who died of pancreatic cancer by rurality of patient residence, N= 31,460.

Events	Metropolitan (N=24,261)	Micropolitan (N=3,635)	Small Town (N=2,108)	Rural (N=1,456)	p
Palliative Care
Any Palliative Care, N (%)	8,094 (33.4%)	1,109 (30.5%)	651 (30.9%)	468 (32.1%)	0.001
Time from use to death, median days (IQR)	23.0 (8.0–67.0)	22.0 (8.0–64.0)	20.0 (6.0–60.0)	24.0 (7.0–78.5)	0.052
Palliative care ≥ 30 days before death, N (%)	3,590 (44.4%)	458 (41.3%)	271 (41.6%)	211 (45.1%)	0.15
Palliative care ≥ 90 days before death, N (%)	1,532 (18.9%)	202 (18.2%)	106 (16.3%)	100 (21.4%)	0.17
Hospice
Any Hospice, N (%)	18,842 (77.7%)	2,825 (77.7%)	1,571 (74.5%)	1,081 (74.2%)	<0.001
Time from use to death, median days (IQR)	14.0 (5.0–38.0)	16.0 (5.0–41.0)	16.0 (5.0–44.0)	17.0 (6.0–44.0)	<0.001
Hospice ≥ 3 days before death, N (%)	16,265 (86.3%)	2,460 (87.1%)	1,380 (87.8%)	942 (87.1%)	0.25
Hospice ≥ 7 days before death, N (%)	12,993 (69.0%)	2,007 (71.0%)	1,102 (70.1%)	790 (73.1%)	0.006