Table 3.
Context of initial care conference
| Middle-age 40–60 years n = 82 |
Young-old 61–80 years n = 79 |
p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N or mean | (% or sd) | N or mean | (% or sd) | ||
| Setting of initial care conference | |||||
| Patient’s home | 43 | 54.4% | 50 | 64.9% | 0.308 |
| Family member’s home | 8 | 10.1% | 7 | 9.1% | |
| Cancer clinic* | 20 | 25.3% | 11 | 14.3% | |
| Other location in hospital* | 5 | 6.3% | 8 | 10.4 | |
| Other** | 3 | 3.8% | 1 | 1.3% | |
| Length of initial conference | |||||
| Mean minutes (sd) | 92.7 | 40.3 | 92.4 | 42.8 | 0.964 |
| Weeks from diagnosis to initial care conference | |||||
| Mean weeks (sd) | 14.5 | 11.7 | 16.3 | 14.5 | 0.406 |
*
Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) or MetroHealth Medical Center (MHMC).
**
Long Term Care Facility or Cafe.