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. 2016 Sep 1;19(9):936–942. doi: 10.1089/jpm.2015.0240

Table 3.

Adjusted Associations of Palliative Care with Intensive Care Unit Length of Stay and Hospice Length of Enrollment in the Last Six Months of Life

Outcomes Coefficient SE Adjusted p-valuea Corrected p-valueb
ICU LOS, days −0.23 0.26 0.38 0.76
Medicare hospice enrollment, days 0.22 0.61 0.72 0.76
a

Adjusted for age, sex, race, primary chronic condition (cancer, congestive heart failure, chronic lung disease, dementia, diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, renal failure, chronic liver disease, and coronary artery disease), the presence of more than one chronic condition, and propensity score.

b

Corrected for multiple comparisons using the Holm method.

SE, standard error.