Table 1.

Patient characteristics

	All pts with clinical CHF diagnosis N = 28	Appropriate for palliative care N = 16	Not appropriate for palliative care N = 12
Mean age (standard deviation)	78 (SD = 13.1)	76.4 (13.5)	80.1 (12.7)
Sex	17 (60.7%) female	6 (37.5%) female	11 (91.7%) female
Ethnicity	23 Caucasian 3 African-Caribbean 4 Missing	12 Caucasian 3 African-Caribbean 1 Missing	9 Caucasian 3 Missing
Mean no of previous admissions (standard deviation)	1.1 (1.3)	1.5 (1.5)	0.4 (0.7)
Mean no of palliative problems (standard deviation)	4.1 (2.6)	5.1 (2.3)	2.8 (2.4)
Mean no of inpatient multiprofessional disciplines seen this admission (standard deviation)	1.6 (1.5)	2.1 (1.6)	0.9 (0.9)