Table 2.

Hospitalization and hospital deaths

Hospitalization and hospital deaths Exposed vs. unexposed (ref)		Pre-intervention		Intervention		Intervention add-on
		Exposed N = 652	Unexposed N = 17.248	Exposed N = 540	Unexposed N = 15.734	Exposed N = 326	Unexposed N = 9385
Hospitalized within the last 30 days OR (95% CI)	n (%)	412 (63%)	10.712 (62%)	350 (65%)	9363 (60%)	238 (73%)	6001 (64%)
	Crude	1.06 (0.90–1.25)		1.25 (1.05–1.50)		1.53 (1.19–1.96)
	Adjusted***	1.20 (1.02–1.42)		1.35 (1.12–1.62)		1.62 (1.26–2.01)
Hospital admissions within the last 30 days RR (95% CI)	Median (range)	1 (0–4)	1 (0–7)	1 (0–3)	1 (0–6)	1 (0–4)	1 (0–6)
	Crude	1.00 (0.92–1.09)		1.08 (0.99–1.19)		1.11 (0.99–1.24)
	Adjusted**	1.06 (0.97–1.16)		1.13 (1.03–1.24)		1.13 (1.01–1.27)
Length of stay estimate (95% CI)	Median (range)	3 (0–30)	3 (0–30)	4.5 (0–30)	3 (0–30)	5 (0–30)	3 (0–30)
	Crude	1.09 (0.96–1.24)		1.26 (1.10–1.46)		1.20 (1.01–1.42)
	Adjusted*	1.16 (1.02–1.31)		1.29 (1.12–1.49)		1.21 (1.02–1.44)
Hospital deaths OR (95% CI)	n (%)	335 (51%)	7923 (46%)	288 (53%)	6155 (39%)	160 (49%)	3140 (34%)
	Crude	1.24 (1.06–1.45)		1.78 (1.50–2.11)		1.91 (1.54–2.39)
	Adjusted***	1.43 (1.21–1.68)		1.92 (1.60–2.29)		1.94 (1.55–2.44)

Exposed: Patients exposed to PalMaGiC—palliative care case management intention for gastrointestinal cancer. Unexposed: Patients with gastrointestinal cancer are in standard care

*Crude and adjusted negative binomial regression analysis adjusted for age, gender, diagnosis, Charlson Comorbidity Index, education level, cohabitation status, and admission to specialized palliative care

**Crude and Adjusted Poisson regression analysis adjusted for age, gender, diagnoses, Charlson Comorbidity Index, education level, cohabitation status, and admission to specialized palliative care

***Crude and Adjusted logistic regression analysis adjusted for age, gender, diagnoses, Charlson Comorbidity Index, education level, cohabitation status, and admission to specialized palliative care