Table 5.

Comparison of metrics of palliative and aggressive care at the end of life reported in literature.

Metric	SEER/CMS Earle et al.	MGH Temel et. al.	Case Western Von Gruenigen et. al.	University of Alabama Fauci et. al.	Montefiore Medical Center
Disease site	Breast, colorectal, lung gastrointestinal	Metastatic lung cancer	Ovarian cancer	Gynecologic malignancies	Gynecologic malignancies
Chemo 6–8 months of death			82%	64%	75%
Chemo 2–6 weeks of death	14%		24%		29%
Duration of hospice		11 days 4 days	24 days (1–180)	22 days	16 days (1–149)
Hospice Utilization	28%		21%		45%
DNR/DNI			26%		64%