Table 2.

Health care resource utilization in the last six months of life

	All	No RT 1	Yes RT	p value
Total inpatient days	25 (79)	22 (82)	27 (71)	0.38
Median (standard deviation (SD))
Total emergency department visits	2 (3)	1 (3)	2 (3)	<.0001
Median (SD)
Total radiologic exams	10 (11)	6 (7)	14 (11)	<.0001
Median
Total physician visits	20 (21)	13 (15)	27 (23)	<.0001
Median

¹RT defined as radiation therapy within the last six months of life.