Table 3. Timing of Palliative Care and Phase I Referrals.
Phase I Referrals (N=57) |
Non-Phase I Referrals (N=114) |
P-Value | |
---|---|---|---|
Median interval in months (95% confidence interval) | |||
Diagnosis of advanced cancer to death | 36 (25-47) | 23 (17-29) | 0.01 |
Diagnosis of advanced cancer to palliative care consultation |
28 (19-37) | 12 (9-14) | <0.001 |
M.D. Anderson registration to palliative care consultation |
13 (8-20) | 11 (5-15) | 0.41 |
Palliative care consultation to death | 5 (3-6) | 4 (3-5) | 0.69 |
First medical oncology contact to palliative care consultation |
19 (13-25) | 8 (4-12) | 0.019 |
First referring team contact to palliative care consultation |
1 (0.6-1.5) | 9 (5-13) | <0.001 |
Median number of clinic visits (interquartile range) | |||
Medical oncology visits before palliative care consultation |
12.5 (4.8-24) | 10 (4.5-21.5) | 0.45 |
Palliative care visits until last followup/death | 4 (3-7) | 4 (2-6) | 0.39 |