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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Gynecol Oncol. 2013 Oct 29;132(1):3–7. doi: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2013.10.025

Table 3.

Direct hospital cost savings associated with palliative medicine consultation for 30 and 14 day exposure to palliative medicine consultation.

Palliative
care ≥ 30 days
(N = 18)		 No palliative care/
palliative care < 30
days
(N = 79)		 p
Median direct hospital costs for last 30 days (range) $0 ($0–$28,019) $7729 ($0–$52,720) 0.01
Median direct hospital costs for last 14 days (range) $0 ($0–$11,008) $3935 ($0–$26,794) 0.01
Palliative care ≥ 14 days (N = 29) No palliative care/palliative care < 14 days (N = 68)
Median direct hospital costs for last 30 days (range) $3246 ($0–36,749) $8098 (0–52,720) 0.06
Median direct hospital costs for last 14 days (range) $0 ($0–$18,184) $5106 ($0–$26,794) <0.01