Table 4.
Metrics of palliative measures at the 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)** |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNR/DNI | 66 | 36 (73) | 32 (63) | 20 (69) | 48 (54) | |
| Hospice | 50 | 28 (57) | 22 (43) | 21 (72) | 29(41) | 0.004 |
| Median hospice days (range) | 16 (0–149) | 31 (0–149) | 17 (1–113) | 20 (0–113) | 7 (0–149) | |
| Hospice < 3 days | 12 | 8 (16) | 4 (8) | 2 (7) | 10 (14) | 0.05 |
| Family Meeting | 64 | 35 (71) | 29 (57) | 16 (55) | 48 (68) | |
| Place of Death | ||||||
| Hospital | 35 | 18 (37) | 17 (30) | 6 (21) | 29 (41) | |
| Hospice | 38 | 20 (41) | 18 (35) | 12 (41) | 26 (37) | |
| Home | 10 | 4 (8) | 6 (12) | 6 (21) | 4 (6) | |
| Unknown | 11 | 4 (8) | 7 (14) | 3 (10) | 8 (11) | |
| ICU | 4 | 2 (4) | 2 (4) | 1 (3) | 1 (1) | |
| ER | 2 | 1 (2) | 1 (2) | 1 (3) | 3 (4) | |
*
Patients with ≥14 days of palliative care
**
Patients with <14 days of palliative care