Table 3. Palliative care process of care measures and clinical outcomes*, by group (unadjusted).
Usual Care, n=100 | Intervention, n=103 | P | |
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Family meeting during ICU documented | 35 (35) | 55 (53) | 0.008 |
Family meeting within 3 days of ICU admission documented, n (% of those with a meeting) | 14 (35) | 33 (59) | 0.02 |
Days between ICU admission and family meeting, median (IQR) | 5 (2, 8) | 3 (1, 7) | 0.18 |
3 disciplines represented at meeting n, (% of those with a meeting) | 6 (17) | 33 (60) | <0.001 |
Full palliative care consult ordered during hospitalization | 18 (18) | 20 (19) | 0.80 |
Died in the ICU, n (%) | 28 (28) | 28 (27) | 0.90 |
Died in the Hospital, n (%) | 35 (35) | 33 (32) | 0.66 |
90 day mortality, n (%) | 45 (45) | 36 (35) | 0.14 |
Discharge destination of survivors | |||
LTAC | 23 (35) | 19 (27) | 0.30 |
Home | 23 (35) | 17 (24) | 0.16 |
Inpatient Rehabilitation | 3 (5) | 5 (7) | 0.53 |
Nursing home | 12 (18) | 19 (27) | 0.23 |
Hospice | 2 (3) | 7 (10) | 0.11 |
Assisted living facility | 2 (3) | 0 (0) | 0.14 |
Another hospital | 0 (0) | 3 (4) | 0.09 |
ICU LOS, median (iqr), days | 5 (3, 11.5) | 4 (2, 10) | 0.14 |
Hospital length of stay, median (iqr), days | 13 (6, 26.5) | 11 (5, 20) | 0.09 |
ICU LOS among hospital nonsurvivors, median (iqr), days | 6 (3, 12) | 4 (2, 9) | 0.15 |
Hospital LOS among hospital nonsurvivors, median (iqr), days | 9 (4, 17) | 5 (3, 13) | 0.13 |
χ2 test for binary variables, Wilcoxon-Mann-Whitney test for time to meeting and LOS variables