Table 2. Unadjusted Healthcare Utilization within One Year of Index Surgical Admission.

Healthcare utilization data from Medicare claims for outcomes of interest, stratified by presence of any documented palliative care process vs. none. Twenty patients excluded from one-year outcomes due to death during index hospitalization.

	Total (N=1062)	No Palliative Care (N=472)	Received any Palliative Care (N=590)	p-value
Any ICU Utilization, N (%)	121 (11.4%)	46 (9.7%)	75 (12.7%)	0.13
ICU days, Median (IQR)	4 (2-6)	3.50 (2-7)	4 (2-5)	0.39
Total Hospital Days, Median (IQR)	3 (0-13)	3 (0-10)	4 (0-14)	0.07
Total Days at Home, Median (IQR)	352 (334-362)	353 (341-362)	351 (326-362)	0.008
Any Hospital Readmissions, N (%)	534 (50.3%)	228 (48.3%)	306 (51.9%)	0.25
Number of Hospital Readmissions, Median (IQR)	2 (1-3)	1 (1-3)	2 (1-3)	0.12
Any ED Visits, N (%)	648 (61.0%)	290 (61.4%)	358 (60.7%)	0.80
Number of ED visits, median (IQR)	2 (1-3)	2 (1-3)	2 (1-4)	0.45
Hospice Enrolment, N (%)	51 (4.8%)	18 (3.8%)	33 (5.6%)	0.18