Table 2.

Healthcare utilization among Medicare beneficiaries with heart failure during the last six months of life, by hospice status

Variable	No Hospice (n=10,177)	Hospice (n=6,436)	p
Expenditures, $
Total	34,067 (40,561)	31,793 (25,691)	<0.001
Non-Hospice	34,066 (40,561)	24,330 (27,077)	<0.001
Inpatient	21,517 (33,364)	13,863 (19,507)	<0.001
Outpatient	2118 (4481)	1652 (3921)	<0.001
Carrier (formerly physician/supplier)	4273 (5258)	3401 (4327)	<0.001
Skilled nursing facility	4635 (8074)	3856 (7451)	<0.001
Home Health	1523 (3207)	1558 (2977)	<0.001
Hospice	1 (20)	7462 (8888)	<0.001
Total, median (25th, 75th percentile)	22,924 (8613, 45,207)	25,812 (15,352, 40,329)	<0.001
Hospitalizations
Total	2.5 (2.3)	2.1 (2.2)	<0.001
CVD-related	0.8 (1.2)	0.6 (1.1)	<0.001
Heart failure-related	0.4 (0.9)	0.3 (0.8)	<0.001
Non-CVD-related	1.7 (1.9)	1.5 (1.8)	<0.001
Total, median (25th, 75th percentile)	2 (1,4)	1 (0,3)	<0.001
Hospitalized, %	81.1	73.3	<0.001
Hospitalization days	32.4 (41.3)	25.3 (36.0)	<0.001
ICU admission, %	41.8	30.6	<0.001
ICU days	4.1 (9.6)	2.5 (6.3)	<0.001
Procedures, percent receiving
Echocardiogram	50.9	40.5	<0.001
Cardiac Catheterization	5.0	2.5	<0.001
Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator	1.3	0.7	<0.001
Dialysis	8.8	4.5	<0.001
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy	0.6	0.3	<0.01
Non-invasive ventilation	5.3	3.4	<0.001
Mechanical ventilation	18.0	5.2	<0.001

Values are all mean number (SD) unless otherwise specified