Table 4.
Economic Outcomes
| No. of studies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic outcomes | Addressed outcome | Significant results | Percentage of studies |
| Any | 51 | 41 | |
| Site of death | 9 | 3 | 33 |
| Drugs | 16 | 5 | 31 |
| Medical devices | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Procedures | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Healthcare use | 36 | 17 | 47 |
| Inpatient hospital | 27 | 11 | 41 |
| ICU | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| Outpatient | 11 | 1 | 9 |
| Emergency department | 13 | 4 | 31 |
| Nursing home | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Home healthcare | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Hospice | 4 | 2 | 50 |
| Referral | 2 | 1 | 50 |
| Use | 3 | 2 | 67 |
| Life-extending devices or procedures | 3 | 1 | 33 |
| Invasive ventilation | 3 | 1 | 33 |
| Dialysis | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| CPR | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Costs | 19 | 6 | 32 |
| Overall | 15 | 3 | 20 |
| Specific | 11 | 4 | 36 |
CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; ICU, intensive care unit.