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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2013 Mar;23(3):546–552. doi: 10.1097/IGC.0b013e3182842efa

Table 3.

Metrics of aggressive end of life care

All Patients
(N=100)
Palliative Care
(N=49)
No Palliative
Care (N=51)
Adjusted
Palliative Care
(N=29)*
Adjusted
No
Palliative
Care
(N=71)**
Hospital Admissions in the last 6 months of life 2732 (1–7) 1473 (1–7) 1262 (1–7) 883 (1–7) 1852 (1–7)
Median number of Days in Hospital (range) 24 (3–183) 29 (5–183) 17 (3–80) 29 (5–186) 21 (3–80)
Median Number of Days in Final Hospital Admission (range) 8 (1–147) 10 (1–147) 6.5 (1–41) 12 (3–147) 7 (1–41)
ER visits in the last 6 months 30 16 (33) 14 (27) 6 (21) 22 (31)
ICU Admissions in the last 6 months 19 10 (20) 9 (18) 5 (17) 14 (20)
Median Number of Days in ICU (Range) 0 (0–18) 0 (0–18) 0 (0–17) 0 (0–18) 0 (0–17)
Chemotherapy in the last 6 months 76 39 (80) 37 (73) 21 (72) 55 (77)
Chemotherapy in last 6 weeks 30 14 (29) 16 (31) 6 (21) 24 (34)
Terminal Extubation 5 3 (6) 2 (4) 1 (3) 4 (6)
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation 13 5 (10) 8 (16) 3 (10 10 (14)
*

Patients with ≥14 days of palliative care

**

Patients with <14 days of palliative care